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chapter one
STARTERS AND CANAPÉS
I LOVE VEGETABLES: A PASSION THAT WAS INSTILLED IN ME BY MY SWATI GRANDMOTHER, ESTHER KUNENE. SHE GAVE ME SOUND ADVICE ON INTRODUCING MY SONS TO PURÉE VEGETABLES AS FIRST FOODS BEFORE THEY TASTED FRUIT AND ANYTHING SWEET.
AMADUMBE (TARO ROOT) ARE MY FAVOURITE VEGETABLE IN THE WORLD! AMADUMBE ARE SO VERSATILE AND TASTY, YET FULL OF CALCIUM. I HAVE GONE TO TOWN WITH VARIOUS RECIPES IN THE BOOK THAT CONTAIN THIS WONDERFUL INGREDIENT.
