Harissa Ratatouille
HARISSA RATATOULLI Preheat oven to 200⁰C. Chop into 3cm squares: 350g baby marrow, 2 large aubergines and 4 mixed peppers. Sprinkle with...
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- Jun 4, 2020
- 1 min
Tuna Pasta with Zulu Fire!
Gently heat 30ml olive oil, add 10ml crushed garlic and fry lightly. Add 50g capers, cook for about 1 minute. Add 30-60ml Zulu Fire...
- Jun 4, 2020
- 1 min
ROASTED CAULIFLOWER with MALAWI GOLD
-Preheat oven to 180⁰C -Mix together 200ml double cream yoghurt and 50ml Malawi Gold sauce. -Place 1 head of cleaned cauliflower in a...
- Jun 4, 2020
- 2 min
Yassa Spice Recipe!
Salt, coriander seed, cinnamon, garlic, green peppercorn, ginger, thyme: together they weave an extraordinary flavour spell. Make a...
- Apr 27, 2020
- 1 min
Social Enterprise
Whats a SOCIAL ENTERPRISE?! Social enterprises are defined in many ways, but typically are nonprofit organizations that operate...
- Apr 25, 2020
- 2 min
ButterPear in Liberia! #CareLiberia
Hello ButterPear friends and family! We are blessed during this time of Covid-19 to be able to answer the calls that are needed with the...
- Apr 21, 2020
- 2 min
TRASHY BAGS!
Clean it up! In West Africa, "sachet water" is big business. With significantly less packaging than bottled water, these cool little...
- Dec 4, 2019
- 7 min
NEEMA DAVID
Chapter 1 A Story Is Just A Story... My name is Neema David. I was born in DRC Congo and lived in Uganda for 3 years as a Refugee in a...
- Aug 13, 2018
- 1 min
Ellen Sirleaf Johnson
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf served as the 24th President of Liberia from January 2006 to January 2018. In fact, she was the first elected...
- Aug 7, 2018
- 1 min
Wood Carvings in Liberia
We have a few good friends in Liberia that are true artists when it comes to wood carvings. Such beautiful designs and detailed, each...
- Jul 9, 2018
- 2 min
The Back to Africa Movement
The Back-to-Africa movement, also known as the Colonization Movement or After Slave Act, encouraged those of African descent to return to...
- Jul 3, 2018
- 2 min
Purchase with a PURPOSE- Winston
Many of you may have read our first post of where ButterPear, the name, all started. Well we are here today to introduce you to our...
- Jun 27, 2018
- 1 min
Palm Butter!
What is Palm Butter? Palm butter is a thick sauce that Liberians typically serve for lunch, the largest meal of the day. The dish is a...
- Jun 7, 2018
- 2 min
The 16 Tribes of Liberia
16 Tribes of Liberia Liberia is a multiethnic and multicultural country. Ethnologists and linguists have discovered all sorts of groups...
- May 30, 2018
- 1 min
President Weah Dedicates The First Public Library!
In New Kru Town the first public library has been officially dedicated by President Weah on May 25th, 2018. "The Liberian President said...
- May 23, 2018
- 1 min
Monkey Island
The real planet of the apes belongs to Liberia- Monkey Island. Monkey Island is located 40 miles outside of Monrovia in Marshall Liberia...
- May 18, 2018
- 1 min
A sisterhood of the traveling....skirt
I've received a lot of questions about our skirt sizes and how they work. The thing is, because they are handmade in Liberia I've done my...
- May 16, 2018
- 2 min
Liberian Education Crisis
The Liberian education system is emerging from a prolonged and brutally destructive period of civil unrest. Long standing impacts from...
- May 9, 2018
- 2 min
How did ButterPear come about?
In 2016, I set fourth on a journey to a new land. That land is Liberia. I had studied up all on its history that had so much of American...
- Apr 30, 2018
- 1 min
African Pepper
Scotch Bonnet peppers known also as "Bonny Peppers". Found in many Caribbean islands and also West Africa. These peppers are used in many...
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