Originally from Zimbabwe, Flora Mpofu is part of a large community of Zimbabwean health professionals who call Alice Springs home.The ‘Zim’ (Zimbabwean) community in Alice meet regularly to speak language, to celebrate, to provide support and to keep their culture strong and vibrant.

In this episode Flora prepares traditional Zimbabwean food for a bride welcoming ceremony happening later in the day. She shows us how to cook Zimbabwean food and shares the journey that brought her from Bulawayo, city of kings, to Alice Springs, Australia.

Originally from Zimbabwe, Flora Mpofu is part of a large community of Zimbabwean health professionals who call Alice Springs home.The ‘Zim’ (Zimbabwean) community in Alice meet regularly to speak language, to celebrate, to provide support and to keep their culture strong and vibrant.
In this episode Flora prepares traditional Zimbabwean food for a bride welcoming ceremony happening later in the day. She shows us how to cook Zimbabwean food and shares the journey that brought her from Bulawayo, city of kings, to Alice Springs, Australia.

‘Great Cooks of the Desert’ is a five part radio and podcast series that explores the lives of five exemplary home cooks who call the desert home.

The series looks at the challenges and joys of contemporary life in the desert, from the impact of imported grasses on traditional hunting grounds to the risky reliance on transport networks in supplying fresh produce. It also looks at the everyday reality of living thousands of kilometres from family, friends and the nearest capital city–and in a place of extreme contradictions.

Produced by Rita Cattoni, host of Kitchen Radio on 8CCC 102.1FM. The series was supported by the Community Broadcasting Foundation

‘Great Cooks of the Desert’ is a five part radio and podcast series that explores the lives of five exemplary home cooks who call the desert home.
The series looks at the challenges and joys of contemporary life in the desert, from the impact of imported grasses on traditional hunting grounds to the risky reliance on transport networks in supplying fresh produce. It also looks at the everyday reality of living thousands of kilometres from family, friends and the nearest capital city–and in a place of extreme contradictions.
Produced by Rita Cattoni, host of Kitchen Radio on 8CCC 102.1FM. The series was supported by the Community Broadcasting Foundation

Great Cooks of the Desert

‘Great Cooks of the Desert’ is a five part radio and podcastseries that explores the lives of five exemplaryhome cooks who call the desert home. The series looks at the challenges and joys of contemporary life inthe desert, from the impact of imported grasses on traditional hunting grounds to the risky reliance ontransport networks in supplying fresh produce. It also looks at the everyday reality of living thousands ofkilometres from family, friends and the nearest capital city–and in a place of extreme contradictions.

‘Great Cooks of the Desert’ is a five part radio and podcastseries that explores the lives of five exemplaryhome cooks who call the desert home. The series looks at the challenges and joys of contemporary life inthe desert, from the impact of imported grasses on traditional hunting grounds to the risky reliance ontransport networks in supplying fresh produce. It also looks at the everyday reality of living thousands ofkilometres from family, friends and the nearest capital city–and in a place of extreme contradictions.