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Orange and Tomato Soup Recipe
Curious about what you’ll eat while on safari in Tanzania? Along with fresh fruits and vegetables, main courses like chicken, beef, and vegetarian dishes, soup is a staple on the…
Chicken Curry Soup Recipe
As the cold winter weather rolls in, this dish – often considered a holiday staple in Tanzania – will warm you up. By request, we’re sharing a chicken curry recipe…
Carrot & Ginger Soup Recipe
This soup is a guest favorite at Nyumba camps. Thomson’s Nyumba camp chefs prepare the soup from scratch, and it’s simple enough to recreate at home. Perfect on a…
Pea & Peanut Butter Soup Recipe
Superfood, American staple, “Mother Nature’s vitamin pill” – peanuts have been called a lot of things. One thing we’re certain of, Tanzania peanut dishes taste amazing!…
Creamy Spinach Soup Recipe
If you can’t make it to Tanzania this winter, the next best way to warm up is with this hearty soup. The creamy spinach dish is a guest favorite, perfectly…
Coconut Pumpkin Soup Recipe
Pumpkin spice season is officially in full swing. The token fall flavor is showing up in everything from coffee to soup and chefs at the Thomson Nyumba camps are experts at…
Pumpkin & Sweet Potato Soup Recipe
This soup is a guest favorite at Nyumba camps. Our safari chefs prepare the soup from scratch, and it’s simple enough to recreate at home. Perfect on a cool fall…
A Tanzanian-Inspired Thanksgiving Feast to Refresh Your Holiday Table
Thanksgiving may not be part of Tanzania’s holiday calendar, but the country’s vibrant flavors and warm hospitality make the perfect inspiration for your celebration. This year, we’re bringing a taste…
VIDEO: Camp Chef, Herriel Prepares Soup
Not only do the heavy rains of spring bring green grasses to the Tanzanian plains, they also allow the team in Tanzania to reboot and prepare for the next…
Apr 24, 2023
Pick Your Poison: Traditional Uses of the Kigelia Tree
It may have a mouth-watering name, but don’t eat from the sausage tree (the popular name for the kigelia) unless you know what you’re doing! Tall, with smooth grey bark…
Jan 16, 2023
Traditional Maasai Food: Blood and Milk
Italians have pasta, Russians have borscht, and Americans have cheeseburgers and cherry pie; traditional foods can be found in every culture, and the 120+ ethnic and tribal groups living in…
