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Makai Paka, East African Corn in Coconut Curry

By Salima Jivraj   Some people grow up with one or two cultures. I was brought up in three; Canadian, Indian and East African. After immigrating to Tanzania from India, my grandparents and parents assimilated well into African culture speaking perfect Swahili and fully embracing their new African life. But they also

The BBQ Princess: A South Asian Mom’s Catering Success Story

By Salima Jivraj  @halal_foodie Owner of Daddy’s Ribs, Fatema Memon, balances work and family life running her new and growing home based catering company which specializes in ready-to-cook Miami style-cut beef ribs.  Fatema’s parents are from a village called Andleshwar.  After moving  from India to England, Fatema was born and

Keep on Food Truckin’: A Look At the Desi Food Truck Story

By Salima Jivraj Food Writer @halal_foodie Does ‘gourmet food truck’ sound like an oxymoron? Go back about ten years and perhaps, but the culinary trend of gourmet mobile street food is giving meals on wheels a whole new meaning. A huge craze in the US, thanks to television shows such