Journal

Recipes, travel, culture, and behind-the-scenes stories from the Mama Amaya's family.

Swinging Micky's Irish Pub lit up at night on Zanzibar, Philip behind the bar with the dance floor in front of him

Swinging Micky's, the Irish Pub We Built on Zanzibar

Before Jungle Sauce had a name, there was a different lockdown project — an Irish pub built by hand on Zanzibar's Swahili Coast, and a very full weekly calendar to go with it.

Freshly capped bottles of Jungle Sauce viewed from above, arranged in neat rows

Behind the Scenes

A Batch of Jungle Sauce, Start to Finish

From a bowl of habaneros to a capped bottle — what a small production run of Jungle Sauce actually looks like.

A bowl of fresh red habanero chillies with bottled sauce blurred in the background

Culture

How Jungle Sauce Got Its Name

The story behind Mama Amaya's — and why our first sauce is named for the place it was cooked, over and over, until it was ready.

A baby at a beach on Zanzibar, thatched sun shades and turquoise water behind a 'Life Is Now' sign

Travel

Our First Trip to Zanzibar

Where this whole story starts — a first trip to the Swahili Coast, long before there was a sauce, a brand, or a name for any of it.