We'd listened to each other's hopes and dreams around the cooking fire and endured each other's night-time noises through the dark hours that followed.

Small cooking fire with constant flames.

This separation was partially due to the cooking fire generating heat all day long in an already hot and humid climate.

During the rainy season, bananas are ripened by putting them on a hurdle near a cooking fire.

The dried or fresh branches should not be used for spearing food, for preparing a cooking fire, or as a food skewer.