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Sea food platter meal pictured during the launch of the new culinary menu at Karen Blixen Coffee Garden and Cottages in Nairobi on October 29, 2025. 

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Hailey Sabai can count on one hand the number of times she has cooked in the last month.

“Like last week, other than warming some food I bought from the supermarket, I haven’t cooked at all,” she says. “Some weeks I’ll make tea and fried eggs at home, but those are very rare instances.”

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