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Junior Editor, AFN
Lagos-based founder and food lover. I write about African food and the cooks who carry it.
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Natural Ways to Disinfect Cutting Boards Cutting boards are kitchen wares that we unavoidably use every day. For this reason, it is very important to disinfect your cutting boards to avoid contamination. This is very likely as they get tiny slices and cuts with time and they
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Heritage & Origins
Africa's drinks are as regional as its food, and most predate the bottled soft drinks now sitting beside them. Twelve to know, zobo, bissap, tigernut, baobab, palm wine, umqombothi, rooibos and more, with where each one comes from.
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