August 2007

Raspberry and white chocolate cheesecake

August 14, 2007

I will make a recipe for a number of reasons.  Sometimes, it’s because I have tasted something in a restaurant and fallen in love, and then try to recreate it at home.  Sometimes, it’s because I have an unfamiliar ingredient in my fridge and a particular recipe seems to be the perfect way to try [...]

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Food blogger picnic at the Henley Regatta 2007

August 13, 2007

What can I say: faith can move mountains.  Or at least rainclouds, it would appear.  No, I haven't come over all mystic – I just wanted to impress on you what a leap of faith it was on my part to press ahead with plans for a riverside food blogger picnic in the middle of [...]

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Waiter, there’s something in my… meatless barbecue!

August 11, 2007

Halleluja – summer seems to have arrived!  Long sunny afternoons, blue skies with fluffy clouds:  now this is more like it.  Everything seems better in summer.  There’s a spring in my step, I smile at strangers and I have more energy – just a pity we all know it can’t last But while it’s here, [...]

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Everything EoMEoTE

August 9, 2007

So, you’ve seen the logo and you’ve wondered – what the heck is EoMEoTE and what does it stand for?  Well, wonder no more.  This page tells the illustrious story of the End of Month Egg on Toast Extravaganza, the web’s only ovo-literary event.  It started out innocently as a joke between me and Antony [...]

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Roasted nectarines in Prosciutto – a summery starter

August 9, 2007

I have often written about braais (BBQs) on this blog – in fact, there is a separate section for braai recipe in my recipe index!  We have braaied in all weather, in various locations and for varying numbers of people.  And although we tend to repeat similar stuff when we are only braaing for ourselves [...]

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About me

August 7, 2007

WHO ARE YOU? I am Jeanne Horak-Druiff, a proud South African and was born, raised, educated and happily ensconced in Port Elizabeth all my life.  That is, until fate intervened and I followed my husband who wanted to fulfil a dream of working abroad.  We came to London with the intention of staying a year.  It’s now 11 [...]

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About CookSister

August 7, 2007

WHO ARE YOU? I am Jeanne Horak-Druiff, a proud South African and was born, raised, educated and happily ensconced in Port Elizabeth all my life.  That is, until fate intervened and I followed my husband who wanted to fulfil a dream of working abroad.  We came to London with the intention of staying a year.  It’s now 11 [...]

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