SOUTH AFRICAN CULINARY HERITAGE
The book South African Culinary Heritage by Eunice Rakhale, is about local food history and traditions interlaced with family conversations. It illustrates the culinary diversity of Southern African cuisine and some neighbouring countries, comparing the similarities and unique palatable heritages thereof. Written in a conversational style, the book is a handy culinary compilation which will bestow the reader with explorations regarding local African lifestyles history, art, clothing, music and perhaps even some song and dance. For tourists visiting these African countries – possessing a diversity of ethnic cultures, it is a worthy read regarding heritage and of-course African cuisine. A guide which should be included in any tourist’s travel pack and families. It is about a genuine story told with an extraordinary ability that draws parallel between the author’s struggle in the restaurant industry and in her personal life. Ultimately, her passion for food is where she finds solace to learn, heal and grow. Mother Daughter relationships can be extremely complex and Eunice is no exception. In the book, besides a plethora of authentic recipes and history, she shares candidly about her strained relationship with her daughter Mothei Makhetha. Being estranged for seven years, Mothei writes her mother a letter, in a desperate cry for help, which she hopes will begin the healing process. After receiving the letter, circumstances of her life took Eunice back home to her mother in Moletsane, Soweto. This happens while she is researching her culinary book authenticating the recipes through the help of her mother. This handing down of recipes from her mother gets them connected on a very deep level, thus, creating compassion and trust they never had. In desperation Eunice seeks counselling from her own mother to try and mend the relationship with her daughter. Their journey is one of true and sincere conversations handed down from one generation to another, around family meals and prayerful family meetings.
The book South African Culinary Heritage by Eunice Rakhale, is about local food history and traditions interlaced with family conversations. It illustrates the culinary diversity of Southern African cuisine and some neighbouring countries, comparing the similarities and unique palatable heritages thereof. Written in a conversational style, the book is a handy culinary compilation which will bestow the reader with explorations regarding local African lifestyles history, art, clothing, music and perhaps even some song and dance. For tourists visiting these African countries – possessing a diversity of ethnic cultures, it is a worthy read regarding heritage and of-course African cuisine. A guide which should be included in any tourist’s travel pack and families.
It is about a genuine story told with an extraordinary ability that draws parallel between the author’s struggle in the restaurant industry and in her personal life. Ultimately, her passion for food is where she finds solace to learn, heal and grow.
Mother Daughter relationships can be extremely complex and Eunice is no exception. In the book, besides a plethora of authentic recipes and history, she shares candidly about her strained relationship with her daughter Mothei Makhetha. Being estranged for seven years, Mothei writes her mother a letter, in a desperate cry for help, which she hopes will begin the healing process. After receiving the letter, circumstances of her life took Eunice back home to her mother in Moletsane, Soweto. This happens while she is researching her culinary book authenticating the recipes through the help of her mother. This handing down of recipes from her mother gets them connected on a very deep level, thus, creating compassion and trust they never had. In desperation Eunice seeks counselling from her own mother to try and mend the relationship with her daughter.
Their journey is one of true and sincere conversations handed down from one generation to another, around family meals and prayerful family meetings.
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is because of the hardening of the hearts that Moses had
allowed divorce.
Divorce was never God’s plan. As Christians, in justifying
ourselves, we may overlook this; but, the truth is that my
marriage fell apart in spite of God’s forgiveness of the ills
of the marriage, but because of the refusal to repent. With
unrepentance, our hearts became hard and cruel.
God is big on petitionary prayer; therefore, we should
always pray for our families; and, also, we should cherish the
requisite remedial conversations. For a start, one should declare
their purpose to all the family members, so that each
member should have the same objective, and be on the
same page. Once this occurs, healing comes and you will
surely be celebrating new beginnings for generations to
come.
Come in peace and understand what peace means.
Peace is not pretending that a problem does not exist.
HEALTHY FAMILY TRADITIONS
“All our feelings are useful if we are aware of them and reasonably
comfortable with them; because, then, we can handle them. But, if we
screen them off first, they are not available when we need them; and,
second, when the screen slips up and they escape, they may do damage
because we have no control over them.” – Robin Skynner and John
Cleese, Families and How to Survive Them.
As part of preparation for restoration, you will need to
cultivate healthy family traditions. This can be achieved by
adopting new ways of relating to one another; and this
entails the following pointers:
Protocol should be observed at all times. Protocol is
vital. It is God’s way of creating order in the family, and is
sacred. When we do not observe protocol in our families,
we are defying God’s order; and, without order, chaos
ensues. For the conversations to work out, there must be
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