I will confess to being a little lazy when it comes to cooking brown rice. I don’t eat rice, brown or white, often enough to justify owning a rice cooker, I’d much rather save the counter space for other gadgets like a coffee grinder for my spices, a blender for my smoothies and soups and 2 different sizes of food processor More →
These are the songs that Just Jhoom! Instructors Shalini, Beccy and Lindsay have been teaching in Surrey for the last 3 months…. Section Song Film You tube link Warm-up 1 Jhoom Jhoom Baraber Jhoom (2007) http://youtu.be/hmGS4I0XNj4 Pulse Raisers Mere Brother Ki DulhanMere SangI Hate Luv Stories Mere Brother Ki Dulhan (2011)New York(2009)I Hate Luv Stories (2010) http://youtu.be/WOPkZVo75BQ http://youtu.be/Lby5imWVHa8 http://youtu.be/IxrCCWaFWUQ More →
The cookbook has gone to the publishers! A few weeks ago I had a final read through of the manuscript which Shalini brought in person when she came to Kenya and did her first ever Just Jhoom! class on African soil to rave reviews (you can read about it here). The food photos had been completed months ago; the photo of me More →
Jump like a Maasai Run like a Kalenjin Speak like a Luo Eat like a Luhya Bargain like a Kikuyu Work like a Mkamba Dance like a Giriama Travel like a Mzungu Trade like a Muindi Chill like the Waswahili Live like a Kenyan Thus reads a T-shirt that I bought on my travels in Kenya. And in the week More →
When my sister – a true out and out Kenyan read my first blog in this series – she was incensed! Being very protective about Kenya, she questioned how I, a visitor, could write such negative comments about Nairobi– and she was upset at the thought of me putting these comments into the public domain. So, this really got me More →
Yesterday Mombasa Jhoomed! Or at least 15 women at Bodybliss Gym in Mombasa Jhoomed! This was the first time Just Jhoom! has travelled to Africa. It excites me no end to have brought Just Jhoom! even for a short space of time to the country of my birth! Many of you already know that Just Jhoom! is an amalgamation More →
We landed in Nairobi on Sunday morning. I hadn’t been to Kenya In 12 years. Somethings never change – the airport looked exactly the same. It had the same feel and smell. But that’s where it stopped! Nairobi was unrecognisable! The flyovers, the buildings – the economic growth of the country is laid out bare for all to see. Where More →
I’ve been really rather remiss with my blog entries these last few months. Life as always seems to have taken over – and the enjoyable things like spending time with friends and loved ones, going out for meals, reading and…. blogging often take a back seat. As many of you know Just Jhoom! is my life – and I spend More →