Wild food like leaves, yams and mushrooms traditionally kept Timor-Leste nourished, through years of conflict and occupation. Much of this foragable food - and the ways it can be cooked - is endemic.

In Australia, barbecuing is a way of life, and in Timor-Leste, cooking food over a wood fire 'is' life. There is plenty to learn when it comes to cooking rice, bread, fish and meat the Timorese way.

Timor Leste’s rural communities are still largely disconnected from the key goods and services they need to sustainably advance out of poverty. 36% of Timor Leste’s population faces moderate to severe ...