October 2007

Sun-dried tomato, basil and mozzarella chicken

October 14, 2007

Right after I finish my first self-help book Clear your freezer – fix your life! I am planning to start a sequel called For the Love of Leftovers.  You heard it here first Seriously, what’s not to love?  Leftovers have inspired me to create dishes like boerewors and butternut risotto or fennel and sausage risotto, [...]

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Honey tasting with the UK food bloggers

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  Being a food blogger makes you rather thick-skinned.  You get used to the worried looks when you tell people you’re a blogger.  You get used to the reactions that range from puzzlement to disdain to outright banning from waiters in fancy restaurants when you whip out your camera.  And you get used to your [...]

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DMBLGiT September – and the winners are…

October 10, 2007

Well folks, the web album has been up for a while, the judges have had a close look and the score-sheets are in.  This month, your hard-working judges were Andrew, Ilva, Johanna and myself – and given the standard of the entries let me assure you that we certainly did have to work hard!  I [...]

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Eton mess – the last of the summer strawberries

October 8, 2007

Nick and I once met somebody at a party.  He seemed perfectly well mannered, well brought up and civil and was clearly well educated.  But once he had established that we were from South Africa and had clearly not attended any school or university that had ever registered on his radar, he proceeded to talk [...]

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Magritte time at chez Cooksister and habas con jamon for dinner

October 3, 2007

I have never been a morning person. To me, getting up out of my warm bed in the morning is like reliving the trauma of birth every day of the year:  going from the warm, comfortable known into the harsh and unforgiving unknown before you are ready.  No wonder babies cry when they are born!! [...]

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