I’m officially a Terry blogger! This is like the cool kids of the blogging world :P First post: Habari za leo? How are you today? Safi sana! Everything is great! No conversation, no matter how urgent, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania starts without a greeting. So here I am, greeting you. My name’s Tiffany. I’m a graduate from the Global Resource Systems program at UBC. Loyal Terry followers may remember me from the first Terry talks in 2008 (back then, it […]
Went to my first Tanzanian wedding yesterday. So cool. It felt like 70% of it was dancing. Not in the mood to write a huge post, but here are some tidbits to spike your curiousity… the bride and groom were actually an American and an Austrian the NGO they worked at decided to throw them a wedding the NGO staff quickly formed a ‘wedding committee’ (yes, you heard me right. apparently weddings here are not planned by the two getting […]
You know, strangely enough, I haven’t really felt any “culture shock” or real feeling that I’m back in East Africa this whole week. I’ve kinda felt like I had never left (except without that awful, Iwanttoseemyparents Iwanttoseemyparents Iwanttoseemyparents spoiled brat feeling I had the very last week I was in Tanzania last time. But then, by then I had already been away from home for almost a year…) Everything seems the same…just more luxurious. I actually have: air con, hot […]
I don’t even remember why I wanted to make this in the first place. But who needs a reason to make something so yummy?! Okonomiyaki (お好み焼き) actually means “grill/cook (yaki) what you like (okonomi).” So basically you can put any kind of toppings/ingredients into the basic batter and cook it in the same way. Actually in Japan, when you eat this in a special restaurant, they have a hot plate in front of you for you to cook it yourself. […]
mmmmmmmmmmm…..I’m soo full and happy with home made bread with margarine! (actually margarine isn’t very good for you…I’m just eating what is leftover, please support well produced butter!) Sorry I haven’t been able to keep updated on this experiment. But! I have kept my promise, for the whole semester, I have tried my best to not buy anything I can make. I’ve rarely eaten at restaurants or take out food (unless I was invited by a friend). I’ve bought the […]
Here’s my first attempt: chapati! I loved these so much in Tanzania that I requested to have them for breakfast everyday. The recipe I followed didn’t turn out exactly as I had them in East Africa, but it’s close enough that I’m really, really happy. I made around 8 of them (they’re really filling) and put them in the fridge so I can just take them out and put them in the pan for an easy meal. I even took […]
Proposed experiment: Not buy food that I can make I guess as an attempt get my life back into a little bit of a routine (or as some say, re-entry shock), I am formally proposing this experiment. Why? Well, 1) I study food systems, and to say the truth, supermarkets and their “illusion of a million products which are actually all made from the same things” mentality disgust me right now (especially after living for a while where all the […]
The Student Environment Centre (SEC) and Friends of the UBC Farm (FotF) are thrilled to be hosting a conference from September 23rd to 27th entitled “Food is Fundamental“. The conference is being held to educate, discuss and take action on pressing food issues that concern people, the environment, and the economy both locally and globally. We also aim to bring attention to the development plans at the UBC Farm: what are we gaining and what are we losing? What value […]
