Today I read in the newspaper that Ghada Sabatien, a widowed Palestinian mother of six in her forties, has been killed by Israeli forces. Shot because she apparently ignored soldiers’ calls and warning fire to stop approaching them and died from a torn artery and massive blood loss. No weapon was found on her body.

Compared to a white potato, a taro root has three times the amount of fiber, and is also a rich source of potassium, iron, vitamin C, and vitamin A. Many reasons to try this tasty Rajasthani curry!

Rajasthani parathas (a flatbread native to the Indian subcontinent) are made with a blend of chickpea and wheat flour, and this version is spiced with curcuma, fenugreek and ajvan seeds.

On Zanzibar, an insular autonomous region of Tanzania, I met Zainabu, originally from Mozambique and now frying doughnuts in a road stall.

She fried many a day and taught me how to make them.

I was really looking forward to see how thunderbread, rúgbrauð” or “hverabrauð, was prepared. This is how! Meet Siggi from Iceland.