A Goddess in the Kitchen

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Middle aged feminist foodie becomes trophy wife and moves to Lae, PNG. I eat smoked fruit bat and shop at local markets.

tags: cooking, expat, food, Lae, Papua New Guinea

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Accidentally vegan Posted on 19/12/2011

Lae is a lot of thing.... as I keep mentioning, you give up a lot to live here. One of the things I really struggle with is dairy products. The good news? Raw milk is freely available.... Read more

Wow! Posted on 15/12/2011

Wow. My first real earthquake! Living on the Rim of Fire, we get plenty of tremors, but this one, a 7.3, was the real thing. The 1998 earthquake that resulted in a 59ft high tsunami was... Read more

RWYA Posted on 12/12/2011

Remember Where You Are.... My mantra for living up here. Yesterday, 4 workers at a local Engineering company went on strike. 4 workers out of a workforce of 200. Their idea of a strike...... Read more

#firstworldproblems Posted on 15/11/2011

Workmen. *sigh** And that's not a sigh of the "OMG, hot, shirtless, ripped young tradies" kind, either. It's a sigh of: "when I call you to fix my lights, please... Read more

Go pinis Posted on 24/10/2011

No, it's not a catchcry for the cheerleaders in the porn industry. it means "go finish', and that's what it's called up here when expats finish their tour. The very... Read more

Morobe Show Posted on 18/10/2011

It's Show season in PNG. Every major city hosts an annual show, wherein all the local ndustires and culture of the region are, well.. showcased. I missed the Goroka Show this year,... Read more

LOTM Posted on 14/10/2011

Expatting can be hard, especially on women up here on a dependant visa. They're not allowed to work. So there are plenty of activities to get women out of the haus, and plenty of... Read more

Food in Lae Posted on 11/10/2011

So, to food. If you're not much of a cook, you might want to brush up on you skills before you come up here. while there's a few restaurants, and the ubiquitous Big Rooster, (a... Read more

A rite of passage Posted on 10/10/2011

Well, I got robbed. A classic PNG "home invasion", where fingers are pointed in so many different directions that, in the end, no-one knows what really happened. All I can say, it... Read more

G'Day ARSOL! Posted on 02/10/2011

Give the lack of much to do in Lae, we make our own fun. with no movie theatres, no nightclubs, and no expat-friendly after-dark shopping malls, we tend to form little groups based on... Read more

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I will be moving to Mt Hagen in August and Have enjoyed reading some of your blogs,I am looking forward to reusing some of my latent cooking skills,using some of the amazing fresh ingredients I have heard about,I will be reading more blogs to get an idea of what life is like in PNG .Really glad I stumbled on your blog...Julie
By Julie 2012-06-24, 00h10
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