I actually admire the run Dr Berno does because it creates a potential for the average Samoan farmer , similar my cousin Popo , to bask steady local demand for his create from tell , hotels in addition to restaurants , instead of trying to scrape past times alongside what tala and sene he tin earn at the market.
Dr Berno is an academic alongside vision , in addition to her enquiry benefits hence many inwards our local communities. Read on to uncovering to a greater extent than virtually her run , her favourite foods in addition to to a greater extent than or less peachy tips she's got for finding the best Pacific flavours.
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| Dr Tracy Berno Tourism academic in addition to Consultant (Photo supplied) |
Thank y'all for your variety words. Winning Best Cookbook inwards the World was surely a existent honour. I did indeed yell when Robert in addition to Shiri rang to tell me the news. I had been scheduled to wing to Paris to run across them for the awards , but unfortunately , Christchurch , where I alive , was struck past times a devastating earthquake alone a few days earlier I was meant to leave. We alive inwards the primal urban core , which was badly damaged. I had to cancel the trip. Things were really grim inwards Christchurch , hence when Robert told me that nosotros had won it was simply hence uplifting - I was quite overwhelmed in addition to flare-up into tears. My hapless household unit of measurement didn’t know if I was crying because nosotros had won or because nosotros had lost!
We had worked on the majority for several years in addition to actually poured our hearts in addition to souls into it. We are all really passionate virtually the Pacific in addition to the majority was deeply meaningful to us. We were welcomed into the homes in addition to lives of hence many wonderful in addition to interesting people through our journeys inwards the region. It was such a privilege to live on able portion their stories in addition to recipes. I was excited simply to regard the majority published , permit lone win an accolade for it. The accolade was really special because it was virtually everyone who contributed to the book; through their stories that they hence generously allowed us to portion , the Pacific had captured the attending of the world.
2. Can y'all portion alongside us 1 of your memorable highlights inwards the creation of your cookbook?
Gosh , that’s a difficult one. There were hence many memorable aspects to our run on the book. One minute that actually stands out inwards my heed though was early inwards our run on the book. Robert , Shiri in addition to I met upwardly at the Old Mill Cottage Restaurant inwards Suva. It was a typical rainy Suva solar daytime , in addition to nosotros sat nether the veranda having tiffin piece the pelting absolutely pounded on the tin roof. The Old Mill Cottage serves a attain of actually peachy Fijian food. We ate , nosotros talked , nosotros laughed in addition to nosotros planned the majority – all piece sharing a terrific Pacific meal. It struck me that nosotros were doing precisely what nosotros wanted to capture inwards the book. It was at that minute that I knew nosotros were on to something actually special.
3. One of the unique things virtually your cookbook is that it is non simply a collection of recipes or a travelogue of the Pacific or a coffee-table book/souvenir. You in addition to Chef Oliver intended for it to live on a tool , highlighting potential links betwixt agriculture in addition to tourism. Can y'all tell us a chip to a greater extent than virtually this , in addition to what the 'farm-to-fork' concept way for the average isle farmer or for the average tourist?
My involvement inwards the majority came virtually through my academic enquiry interests. As an academic , my involvement is inwards working alongside communities to create benefits for them from tourism. I was fortunate to pass many years every bit a tourism academic inwards the Pacific in addition to was able to go extensively inwards the region. In my travels , 2 things ofttimes struck me – (1) where was all the peachy Pacific nutrient that I ate inwards friends’ homes in addition to inwards local restaurants in addition to why couldn’t I larn it inwards the resorts in addition to tourist hotels , in addition to (2) why were at that topographic point hence many imported foods when at that topographic point was a attain of Pacific products available locally.
These questions got me thinking virtually how improve linkages betwixt local agricultural producers in addition to the tourism manufacture could live on a way of creating benefits for communities who were non straight involved inwards tourism. This led to many years of enquiry looking at barriers in addition to facilitators for agriculture-tourism linkages along the supply-chain (from “farm-to-fork”). One of the many findings of the enquiry was that it’s non simply a thing of increasing agricultural output , or getting hotels in addition to restaurants to purchase to a greater extent than (i.e. , it’s non all furnish driven) – at that topographic point needed to live on a way of enhancing the nutrient on the tourists’ tables to create a demand for the locally grown products. That’s where the thought of a majority came inwards , a majority that would highlight the foods of the Pacific inwards a way that would live on appealing to the tourist palate in addition to create demand for local cuisine , using the local products. In that way , the majority would go a tool for helping to facilitate agriculture-tourism linkages , which would inwards plough , create benefits along the supply-chain from the farmers all the way to the tourists who larn to sense a fresh , lineament local cuisine.
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| Virgin Coconut Oil from Women inwards Business Development Samoa |
I am glad y'all said ingredients , rather than ingredient! My kitchen is never without limes , chillies in addition to kokosnoot products. In fact , at the minute I convey 2 drinking coconuts , 1 dark-brown cooking kokosnoot , 5 litres of organic virgin kokosnoot crude in addition to iii types of dried kokosnoot inwards my kitchen. Not to parent a few tins of kokosnoot cream inwards the pantry for emergencies! If I convey those iii ingredients , I tin create a repast out of anything.
When I tin larn a concord of them fresh , my other favourite products are ota (Fijian fern) , breadfruit , jackfruit , pele , mangosteen in addition to soursop. But they are all pretty difficult to come upwardly past times inwards New Zealand. These are the things that I crave in addition to seek out starting fourth dimension when I am dorsum upwardly inwards the region.
5. What Pacific element make y'all call upwardly deserves to a greater extent than attending abroad?
Coconut. I don’t call upwardly people appreciate either the nutritional properties or the versatility of coconuts.
6. Is at that topographic point anything y'all turn down to create or eat? Sea-slug innards? Palolo worms? Fruit bats?
I tin honestly tell that I volition effort anything 1 time , in addition to I convey tried to a greater extent than or less really strange things over the years. However , I volition confess to a preference for what is on the exterior of God’s creatures , rather than what is on the inside.
7. Do y'all convey a favourite Samoan nutrient or drink?
I convey alone simply returned from Samoa simply over a calendar week agone , hence Samoan nutrient is nonetheless on my mind. I honey a proficient palusami. I also actually similar breadfruit that has been cooked over a fire. I was downwards at the marketplace on most days buying palusami in addition to beadfruit for my lunch. I also actually similar oka in addition to poke. I call upwardly I ate 1 or the other most days , in addition to 1 black I had poke every bit a starter in addition to oka every bit my main! This trip I tried to a greater extent than or less lolepopo (Samoan ‘lollypop’) for the starting fourth dimension time , which was simply delicious – a novel way for me to purpose coconut!
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| Oka (Fijian kokoda) featured on the comprehend of Me'a Kai |
8. Most of my readers are living exterior the islands in addition to desire to recreate the flavours of their childhoods inwards their ain kitchen. Do y'all convey whatever tips or advice for making isle nutrient sense of savour authentic exterior the islands?
Explore your local ethnic markets in addition to grocery stores to larn the freshest products every bit y'all can. Talk to staff in addition to other shoppers in addition to enquire where else they store – I convey establish many hidden gems that way. The best nutrient comes at 1 time the plantation , hence larn into your garden in addition to start growing to a greater extent than or less of your own. In my backyard I convey cumquat , lemon in addition to lime trees , lemongrass , chillies in addition to coriander , ophidian beans in addition to Chinese greens. We’re simply cleaning out in addition to refurbishing our glasshouse in addition to 1 time nosotros convey done that , I volition live on growing passionfruit , mount pawpaw in addition to other warmer climate products every bit well. If y'all can’t uncovering it inwards the shops – grow it yourself!
Also , larn together alongside your friends to cook. H5N1 repast prepared in addition to shared alongside friends ever tastes to a greater extent than similar home.
9. Can y'all tell us virtually your side past times side projects? Or what directions y'all would similar to explore?
Robert , Shiri in addition to I convey latterly started on a majority on the nutrient of Samoa. We were all simply upwardly inwards Samoa collecting recipes , photographing nutrient in addition to gathering data virtually local products , peculiarly organics. We had a peachy fourth dimension working together 1 time again (the starting fourth dimension time nosotros convey all been together since the launch of Me’a Kai) , eating , sharing a few jokes in addition to catching upwardly alongside friends. It’s nonetheless fairly early days (Robert in addition to I nonetheless convey a lot of writing yet to do) , but I am really excited virtually how the majority is starting to cast up. The involvement in addition to back upwardly nosotros received upwardly inwards Samoa was simply amazing. And I came abode alongside a travelling pocket total of organic virgin kokosnoot crude , koko Samoa , breadfruit in addition to taro chips in addition to Samoa’s ain chili sauce!
I convey also simply started a novel lay every bit Associate Professor (Tourism in addition to Development) , hence I am looking frontward to extending my enquiry to await for to a greater extent than ways of assisting communities to make goodness from tourism in addition to continuing my enquiry inwards the surface area of agriculture-tourism linkages.
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| Taro chips from Chow.com |
I’d similar to encourage all your readers to go good in addition to actually immerse themselves inwards the local culture. Try the nutrient , purchase local products , abide by in addition to bask the local culture. That way both y'all in addition to your generous hosts volition larn the most benefits out of your shared experience.
If readers are interested inwards what Robert , Shiri in addition to I are doing , delight follow Me’a Kai on facebook. You tin also follow us on http://www.robertoliveronline.
And of course of written report – brand sure y'all hold an oculus out for our novel majority on Samoa when it is released. We’ll hold y'all posted!
Thank y'all Dr Berno for your generous fourth dimension in addition to for your continued back upwardly of our local agriculture in addition to tourism industries. I promise that your abode inwards Christchurch is restored every bit before long every bit possible. Thanks 1 time again for taking the fourth dimension to answer all my questions.
Dr Berno in addition to her squad are doing wonderful things for Samoa alongside their newest project. So readers , delight exhibit them to a greater extent than or less back upwardly past times liking the Me'a Kai Facebook page. And remain tuned for the unloose engagement of their novel Samoan cookbook.
Dr Berno in addition to her squad are doing wonderful things for Samoa alongside their newest project. So readers , delight exhibit them to a greater extent than or less back upwardly past times liking the Me'a Kai Facebook page. And remain tuned for the unloose engagement of their novel Samoan cookbook.
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