Tales From the Bush Larder - Season 1
1 - Mud Crabs
Air Date: May 12, 2014
Chef Kiran Jethwa travels to the Kenyan town of Malindi, where he collects tamarinds and catches some monstrous crabs.
2 - African Wild Honey And Game Meat
Air Date: May 19, 2014
In Machakos, Kiran learns how to catch guinea fowl and marinate them from inside at the same time.
3 - Crayfish
Air Date: May 26, 2014
Kiran heads to the lake in Naivasha, where Louisiana crawfish are a tasty presence.
4 - Rice And Fowl
Air Date: June 2, 2014
Kiran tries surfing cows in the Embu rice paddies, and protects the crops by joining a duck hunt.
5 - Lake Victoria Whitebait
Air Date: June 9, 2014
Heading west, Kiran visits a peanut farm and picks green bananas, before being caught by a storm while fishing.
6 - Prawns
Air Date: June 16, 2014
Kiran checks out mnazi, the local palm wine, and has an uncomfortable time trawling for prawns.
7 - Mt. Kenya Trout
Air Date: June 23, 2014
This episode's dish requires a visit to two very different landscapes - a sweltering, crocodile-infested lake and freezing mountain slopes.
8 - Coral Fish, Oysters and Clams
Air Date: June 30, 2014
Kiran meets fishermen who fashion improvised surfboards from debris and then paddle out into an estuary with a perilous tide.
9 - Tea and Molo Lamb
Air Date: July 7, 2014
Kiran visits the Kericho man-made tea fields and learns the process of tea picking; he then travels to the Molo region where he smokes a prize Molo lamb with the tea leaves.
10 - Octopus
Air Date: July 14, 2014
A local cassava farmer supplies some seasoning before Kiran constructs his own spear gun to catch the main ingredient.
11 - Ostrich Egg, Cow's Blood and Cattle Hump
Air Date: July 21, 2014
Kiran makes poisonous hunting arrows while in the Maasai Mara; he investigates the Maasai approach to cattle husbandry.
12 - Sailfish
Air Date: July 28, 2014
Kiran compares traditional and ultra-modern fishing techniques, before visiting smokehouses in Malindi.