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Lots of gourmet camping food on the grill with two chickens being slaughtered, one done Tandoori style and the other like a Jamaican jerk.","tags":[{"name":"Snapshot","slug":"snapshot"}],"banner":null},{"__typename":"MdxPost","slug":"/2011/12/snapshot-sunrise-at-watamu-kenya/","title":"Snapshot: Sunrise at Watamu, Kenya","date":"Dec 22, 2011","timeToRead":1,"description":"Just before sunrise over the Indian Ocean from Watamu on the Kenyan coast. The colors of twilight were heavily peace-inducing but contrasted with my anticipation of the moment the Sun's leading edge would cross the horizon. ","tags":[{"name":"Snapshot","slug":"snapshot"}],"banner":null},{"__typename":"MdxPost","slug":"/2011/12/snapshot-tilapias-at-kenyatta-market/","title":"Snapshot: Tilapias at Kenyatta Market","date":"Dec 09, 2011","timeToRead":1,"description":"Tilapias for sale at Kenyatta Market in Nairobi. Coming fresh from Lake Victoria. They'll salt and grill them for the same price as buying them raw. 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Then lunch at an Andhra Muslim family's house of Paneer Samosas and Mutton Briyani.","tags":[{"name":"Snapshot","slug":"snapshot"}],"banner":null},{"__typename":"MdxPost","slug":"/2011/11/snapshot-nairobi-dinner-on-patio/","title":"Snapshot: Nairobi Dinner on Patio","date":"Nov 02, 2011","timeToRead":1,"description":"Dinner in Nairobi with Randy, Danielle and I listening to stories from Brian, who's a freelance journalist and was in Misrata, Libya in May, reporting for an Egyptian paper. He just came back from Somalia, following the Kenyan Army's incursion.","tags":[{"name":"Snapshot","slug":"snapshot"}],"banner":null},{"__typename":"MdxPost","slug":"/2011/10/snapshot-healthy-antioxidant-cooking/","title":"Snapshot: Healthy Antioxidant Cooking","date":"Oct 26, 2011","timeToRead":1,"description":"Now that I'm spending some time in Nairobi, I'm enjoying the pleasures of cooking again. This is a stir-fry I made using eggplant, broccoli and beetroot, which gives it the strong, red color. There's lots of anti-oxidants in there so I try to keep the frying time to a minimum. ","tags":[{"name":"Food","slug":"food"},{"name":"Snapshot","slug":"snapshot"}],"banner":null},{"__typename":"MdxPost","slug":"/2011/09/snapshot-white-desert-in-egypt/","title":"Snapshot: White Desert in Egypt","date":"Sep 21, 2011","timeToRead":1,"description":"Camping in the White Desert, a part of the Sahara in Egypt where the sand-infused wind has craved amazing sculptures from the exposed limestone that was deposited by an ancient sea.","tags":[{"name":"Snapshot","slug":"snapshot"}],"banner":null},{"__typename":"MdxPost","slug":"/2011/09/snapshot-sunset-on-lake-nasser/","title":"Snapshot: Sunset on Lake Nasser","date":"Sep 12, 2011","timeToRead":1,"description":"Just after sunset on Lake Nasser (formed by the dammed Nile) from the Aswan to Wadi Halfa Ferry between Egypt and Sudan. A surreal experience. Shot with a Canon 50D using a Tamron 18-270 at 18mm.","tags":[{"name":"Snapshot","slug":"snapshot"}],"banner":null}]}},"pageContext":{"slug":"snapshot","name":"Snapshot","formatString":"MMM DD, YYYY"}},"staticQueryHashes":["318001574","3787687951","3787687951","988380150"]}