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  • I think this is better than a lot of the PROCESSED FOODS we eat from the supermarkets.

  • Looks good! I'd like to try this dish one day.

  • good video i like it, her daughter is very cute god bless theme

  • oh ,how i miss my Malawian dish..i hope soon i feast with members of my family..this food is so good

  • the food itself really does not look bad to me.

    seriously.

    it looks like my body would love it more than too many things i ate before.

  • nice, looks tasty

  • The great depression was nothing compared to what these people live everyday.

  • You create wonderful videos. How is Clara? I miss seeing her. I own the book and the DVD but maybe you could do an update for her fans?

  • Nice Video man!... I hope I can visit Malawi...

  • This is great work. Looking forward to more of your work!

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  • Really interesting, Cristopher! Super job, as usual :)

  • I'd like to try that Malawi dish! Those tasty soy pieces look good. :) And that recess scene at the end, the kids are so cute!

  • Love this video! Really looking forward for more!

  • :/ we should be greatful for what we have and stop being so depressed and sucidical like i am lol

  • Just discovered this. Christopher Cannucciari is great, really knows where to find interesting people with interesting lives.

  • I thought he said "this is my first daughter, she is my wife"

    and I was like 0_0 but he said life. I think.

  • @shadowblade145 The little baby is his first daughter, 1 year and 2 months. That lady he's standing by is his wife.

  • koolest nigga eva! go borda!!

  • so... wilted greens, onions, tofu, and a giant ball of tapioca?

    yeah i'd eat that. not bad considering the resources they're working with.

  • His daughter is SO cute!

  • I love this vid. I would love to try this. I'm a vegetarian, and I was surprised that they didn't use meat. I understand that it's expensive. I wonder what the vegetable was exactly.

  • Is this "modern" bush cooking? The flour is so white! I'd have imagined they would use some nice wholesome stoneground brown flour. Shame to see the modern world seems to have spread to the remotest African village!

  • @beautylicious101tips They used casava flour. Casava is a white root veg. It is not wheat flour, it wouldn't be brown.

  • @beautylicious101tips yes they should totally stick to a staple crop poorly suited to the malawi climate. also the rest of the world should stop eating potatoes because they're indigenous to the americas. gotta keep it real, yo!

  • Is this "modern" bush cooking? The flour is so white! I'd have imagined they would use some nice wholesome stoneground brown flour. Shame to see the modern world seems to have spread to the remotest African village!

  • LOVE the kid at 3:05! So cute!!

  • KONDOWOLE!!!

  • The only thing I can say is I wish I could taste it. I stayed in the "bush" a few days and I have to admit. The food was out of this world and I just could not understand how the could make such good things so easily. Of course ask what it is after you taste it or else you may not want to. One meal was like this carrot soup, this delicious chicken (ostrich neck) and some breads and salad greens. It was the best. Yes Ostrich neck is just like chicken breast meat. You can't get seconds tho.

  • Beautiful people, i love it we want to see more. Thanks for sharing

  • Please make more of these! This is fantastic! There are so many programs that talk about food from other cultures but they don't ever go into any detail about how they are made and the ingredients they use, this is the first thing i've seen to do this! Great work :)

  • LOOk at how HAPPY these people are!! PROOF that happines comes from inside and not the material shit we all chase!!!!!

  • Aww that little boy was soo adorable. this is a great video!

  • I catch a people, I cook a people, I eat a people, I like it! JK

  • looks delicious! awesome video--please bring us more!

  • That food looks amazing. I want to try it! I wonder what cassava flour tastes like...

  • Clara sure got tan since she made her last videos...

  • One year later & no more episodes?

  • His daughter and wife are gorgeous <3

  • Gotta love the web and how close it makes us all on this little ball of dirt. Great video.

  • 11 people ate too much before they watched this.

    JK. But seriously this looks hella chronic. I'm bout to go to Malawi and find this guy and make him cook for me.

  • @goonodeath Hella chronic? So he looks like he has a disease that will last his entire life?

  • @Supermassively Nah dumbass. Learn lingo.

  • @goonodeath I know lingo. That's why I defined "chronic" in my previous comment.

  • @Supermassively LOLWUT? In modern lingo "chronic" refers to something that is really good. It comes from dank weed but these days can be applied to anything you like. For example...the food these african people are cooking looks chronic as fuck.

  • @goonodeath That's the dumbest fucking thing I have ever read.

  • @Supermassively Cool story bro.

  • I don't cook, I'm 16 years old and I'm a guy and I dont know why I find these videos so interesting even though I have little to no interest in cooking

  • @stefansnake

    When you move out of your mom's house and start cooking you'll suddenly care. Scorched food only tastes good for so long before cooking tips are interesting.

  • very,very, very cool!

  • Cute kids. Soya pieces= TVP??

  • i spend like, 20 dollars giving them this stuff, dude, i thought they were poor?

  • wow this was....... so much! fascinating, joyful, inspiring, touching and beautiful! and i like the animation very much. good job. thank you very much for sharing.

  • beautiful family / community. we could learn alot from these cultures. they are closer than we will ever be with all our cell phones, computers, 50 hr/week jobs etc.. not saying i would give up my home, but the closeness they have it like old times we never get to experience. i felt bad that they have such broken pots. i wish i could at least donate something like that to them. just some newer cooking supplies. when those pots wear out they probably have to be creative to get more. God bless em'

  • @indibabs122275 wow i just felt the same when i saw those pots!

  • I want that cute little girl at 307!! she is gorgeous!

    barbara

  • beautiful. we are so lucky and spoiled here in america. i can't imagine doing this every single day. and we say we have no time. yea right lol.

    great video!

    barbara

  • Very interesting. Really enjoyed the vid. Always great to see how others cook in different cultures.

  • Teh coolest black guy ever!

  • this is great, bring more like this- but please dont film it with a fish eye lens- this isnt a skateboard video

  • Please make more of these videos!

  • i loved this! but you know this culture in a way it's more advanced than many others, why? because they have learned to work together (and i mean really working together, like a team), they know what a real family is, and they know what partnership means, we may say the definition, but is something we don't really know, especially on todays society.

  • @revolverbangbang My thoughts exactly. I am an American who is not poor at all. But I would feel honored to sit and eat with these people. Not only because the food looks delicious, but because these people seem like good people who really care for each other. They pull together to make things better for themselves and they have a good life. Western society could learn a lot from these people. Much more than just cooking.

  • @leakyspacesuit Exactly, my point as well. I'm honored to have an South African as a best Friend and they are some truly amazing people from such a cool continent.

  • Loved this! Brought back memories. of years growing up. In Zambia, it's called Nshima and they use maize meal instead of cassava. Same concept though.

  • Loved this! Brought back memories. of years growing up. In Zambia, it's called Nshima and they use maize meal instead of cassava. Same concept though. Then you have a "relish", either veggies or a meat on the side. Closest thing to nshima in US is grits or polenta.

  • Thanks so much for an interesting, positive vlog about African cooking- now to track down or find equal substitutes for items not easily found in US- this is a great base to work with!

  • This was a GREAT video!!..i think i smiled the whole time watching it lol

  • Thumbs up...

  • I hope you continue this series, it's amazing!

  • you guys need my "a rocket stove out of 1 gal can ' it uses less wood and much less smoke ....... i love mine and i built it in 1 day......

  • I was impressed until I saw soy pieces. And i was like oh no, modern food has made its way everywhere. Soy is bad business. Unless its tofu or highly fermented.

  • I don't see how this is bush cooking..... its normal hes in a house.

  • did she take the pot off the fire with her bare hands?

  • cookin like lil b

  • @Orbitman2099 swag!

  • @Orbitman2099 Ignorant but hilarious lol

  • I'm always fascinated by Africa, I wish all the killing and bush wars stop so I can one day visit this wonderful place call Africa.

  • @kaox44 Dude, there are 53 countries in Africa out of those 53 there are only 4 countries that are unstable/war. Why not just visit the 49 African countries that are NOT at war? Malawi (the country rep'd in this video) for example has NEVER experienced a full scale war...which is more than can be said for America.

  • This is really neat

  • this is not bush cooking.

  • They love bananas

  • very impressed with this video =)

  • Great video. I hope you create a series of rural cooking from around the world. Keep up the great work. I hope to see Clara again soon.

  • great experience, i enjoyed listening to the pride and joy in the young mans voice. thank you for sharing. love and light

  • Head deep into the bush? Why? Most of them don't live in bushes. They aren't Animals. Some live in Jungles but not bushes. But anyway interested in learning my cultures food.

  • @SuperJadeDragon Dude, that's just what they call it..'the bush'. It doesn't mean they live in a literal bush. Bush just means like trees and other vegetation.

  • Great stuff!

  • That was amazing. I love seeing how other cultures cook. Now, what time is dinner??? I'll be right over!

  • This video is very amazing! I Love it love it LOVE IT! :D

  • Soya is good i like to see this meat don't kill the animals

  • This was amazing. Thanks so much for sharing it, and I do hope there are more to come. First, it's great to see how other people in different parts of the world nourish themselves, and secondly it makes us SO appreciative of what we have. Most of our poorest people have much more than these people, and yet all they do is moan about what they DON'T have! Do you have a working stove, oven, fridge, running hot and cold water? Food? FLOORS? If so, then be grateful.This food looked great, BTW. Thx!

  • Thanks for educating us of other cultures. Well done Video. Keep on educating. I think the Narrator did an excellent job considering English is not his language. Great job

  • I'm in love. I miss Africa! ♥

  • this is exactly why people back home are so strong all that organic reall food nothing's fake like it is here man i wanna go back home

  • this is so cool! i have never seen an african cooking show!

  • The porridge looked like instant fufu.. or just fufu LMAO :] great video.

  • Great, surprisingly few view's =(

  • Love your videos, Chris!

  • omg this looks SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good!!!!!!!!!

    yum......

    hey, go to Nigeria one day so you can video them making jollof rice!!

  • terrific piece.I have seen documentaries where the showed how the flour was prepared from the plant. this is a contiuation and very interesting. as usual your work is well done. was this near where your grandfather lived? interesting. thankyou

  • I really enjoyed this...such beauty!

  • Great documentary!

  • cute 3:07!

  • Great well done!

  • You should go to Mexico!

  • @cvn18 why?

  • Excellent!

  • I love this! I've been hooked on Depression Cooking for a while, and this is a beautiful progression into another culture that cooks with what they have. Great editing, and well done!!!!

  • mmmm I'm so hungry now!

  • ...Bravissimo Mr. Cannucciari! Molto bello e toccante.

  • where is clara

  • now that is a delicious and healthy meal!

  • i'd prefer if the woman doing the cooking were also the one doing the talking. if there's a language barrier, it's understandable, but i'd definitely rather hear from the cook in her own words. if not knowing english was the case, maybe vincent could have acted as a translator!

    that said, i enjoyed seeing the cooking.

  • super freaking awesome!

  • Love this!

  • i like shows like Bizzarre Foods and No Reservations, but this is so much more fullfilling because the cook himself is the host and really doesn't have anything to prove! He's just simply sharing what is normal eating for he and his people every day, not some dorky American TV host doing most of the talking. man I enjoy this stuff, hope to see MUCH MORE!

  • i like this series

  • What a great video! In about five minutes, we get an idea of what it's like to live with the Malawi people.

  • This is amazing! What great people!

  • wow

  • WOW what a great video. I want to see more of that!

  • seems delicious man!

    i am hungry

  • awsome.

  • very cool! They eat as a family something we should start doing. This actually looked tasty.

  • Fascinating! This is cooking from a different, and surprisingly fun perspective. This is what the internet is all about -- bringing cultures closer together.

  • Amazing!!Bring us more like this...:o)

  • Epic! Really nice to see how they make food for real! Not buying like a can that has the text: Malawi Meal on it or to go to a special restaurant.

  • This was really interesting...Thanks for posting.

  • Thank you for showing us the world.

  • Wow nice new series!!! love the score and editing. Not sure about the text though.. a bit too big. Unless that's the style you're going for. :)

  • its heartening to see how humble n difficult life can b....i thank god for my comfortable life n promise to give back as much as possible during my lifetime.

  • Awesome video!Thank you for sharing:)%*****

  • if they live in a dung hut..where did they the tomatoes and onions? and the packaged foods that were in bags?

  • @geekygirl85 Building materials vary around the world and have little to do with the availability of produce. Chances are they either grew or bought the veggies and definitely bought the packaged goods. In case you missed it, the males in the society work for money. Funny how people aren't so different, eh?

  • They went to a market.

  • looks good -- thanks for sharing. great graphics too!

  • I like their smiles. I'm sure the food tastes good, too!

    He says soya pieces but I think it's a fake meat made from soyabean. Ironic thing is soya meat is more expensive than real meat in Japan as it's more healthy. Honestly, I feel very ashamed...

  • @omatsu123 I think it's what we'd call TVP chunks in Canada. I don't eat meat but go through a ton of TVP. It's cheap as dirt here.

  • @bgriffiths83 Thanks! I just checked the price at several sites, 1oz of TVP in Japan $1.5, $0.3 in US.

    It looks like I'd better stop being a vegan. But tofu is cheap as dirt here. Maybe we have alternative and less need for TVP?

    It's fun to learn the difference.

    Sincerely from Tokyo

  • LOL ladies in EVERY culture always cook !!!

  • Excellent look into a culture we in America know little about. These dishes look very delicious and prove once again that humble, inexpensive foods are often the best.

  • I love it! What a great look into a different culture and their food. It reminded me of Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations - I love that show. Keep it coming! :)

  • Awesome! Loved this vid!

  • Wow, cooking right on your dirt floor! Having to chop the wood before you can even begin! And did you see that they saved the salted water the lettuce was in, to rehydrate the soya pieces? Great use of resources; very simple cooking. But the food did look good, and it was nice that they like to eat communally. With all the work involved in getting the wood and water, it's a good idea - both thrifty and fun. It certainly makes me appreciate, even more, how lucky we are here in the U.S.!

  • Cassava flour is also known as tapioca starch and it is what the poorest of the poor eat when they cannot afford corn and in Malawi rice is considered a luxury.

    A prolonged diet of inadequately prepared cassava with a lack of protein can cause a permanent paralytic condition known as konzo which affects women and children.

    Outbreaks occur when food security is compromised and cassava cannot be properly processed.

    Ensuring food security in countries like Malawi is essential.

  • Nsima is the staple food of Malawi and can also be made with sorghum (traditional) or cassava.

    It is bland and tasteless on it's own and nutritionally poor, when Malawi was experiencing it's most serious food crisis the maize required to make Nsima was in short supply.

    In Malawi a meal is not a meal without Nsima and their diet has remained very traditional with very little outside influences.

    Meat and rice are luxury items while fish is a staple along with vegetable relishes.

  • their poor but happy :)

  • What a great video!! A great addition to the videos

  • first two minutes african traditional, after that cut to dance. Then wehey we are adding everything...lol. Dunno...

  • Soya meat!!!!! I love this and it is a great addition to Claras channel <3 I would love to see more keep it coming.

  • Great! It is good to show how poor people have to eat. No meat for a year--wow!

  • thank you for posting this it was a really cool video :o) would like to see more :o)

  • Beautiful

  • The only thing here that is "gross" is you. Take your racism elsewhere.

  • This is fantastic, I can;t wait for the 2nd one!

  • What a change from all those olive oil-gourmet-loving-typical food shows! Keep it up!

  • I love this! Your vids are already awesome; thanks for bringing us some international flavor as well! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!

  • yummy! i want to eat that too!

  • Really enjoyed this video! Thanks for sharing. It IS so very humbling to see these people with so little, dealing with so much over there (AIDS, war, general crime, etc.) but have such spirit and joy.

  • The love & language of food is the same in all cultures! Great vid.

  • Simple, but you can tell how much this food means to these people. I love these people

  • Great job Chris & Co. G'ma Clara must be proud! ;)

  • By the end of the video I was craving for nsima & relish,I have eaten similar from a Kenyan friend, It is called ugali,served with sukuma wiki,All very basic but very tasty, Now I need to see more similar vids mmmmmmm 5*****

  • Very interesting, and humbling at the same time. Here in the U.S. we could never imagine cooking on the dirt floor at our feet. What, no Corian countertop? No All-Clad pot to cook in? What do I wipe my disposable Lysol disinfectant wipes across?

  • HGbunny: so true, so true.

  • Love this!!!! I've always been interested in other cultures and food.  Thank you for this video. I am definitely interested and can't white for the next video

  • thanks for sharing this video w/ us!!!

  • this is so cool :)