March 2009

Nick cooks chicken jalfrezi

March 20, 2009

  Fact:  I did not grow up liking curry.  I have mentioned previously that as a child, when asked to name my least-favourite dish, I cane up with bobotie (a traditional South African curried mince dish), so part of it was probably just a child's dislike for any slightly challenging flavours.  But as I got [...]

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Apricot clafoutis – an easy crowd-pleaser

March 16, 2009

   Man, where did this weekend go??  I had all sorts of grandiose ideas of the stuff I'd do: a post about my ski trip, an article that I owe an editor, editing the dozens of ski trip photos that I want to put on Flickr, writing up a few posts for this blog… Hah.  [...]

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Saturday Snapshots #29

March 14, 2009

  Rainbow kikois – Greenmarket Square, Cape Town  A kikoi (from a Swahili word meaning wrapper) is a 100% woven cotton wrap that originated along the East coast of Africa in Kenya and Tanzania.  It it thought that these wraps were influenced by the flowing robes worn by Eastern traders who called at the African ports, and [...]

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Product review: Kellogg’s Natures’ Pleasure baked muesli

March 13, 2009

  So they say big surprises come in small packages.  Well, I always say it’s the exception that proves the rule. A couple of weeks ago I got home from work, tired and grumpy, to find a large box addressed to me waiting on the doorstep. I didn’t recall ordering anything from Amazon; it wasn’t [...]

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I’m back – with roasted cauliflower and chorizo soup!

March 11, 2009

Well, I’m back! And here’s a brief scorecard as a teaser for a longer post on our glorious skiing holiday: Planes missed – none Bags lost by airline – one (not mine – phew! And they did later find it.) Evenings spent sipping champagne in the hot tub – 6 Ski school classes completed – [...]

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Saturday Snapshots #28

March 7, 2009

Sea of flame – Nelson Mandela Square, Johannesburg 2006 Johannesburg is the city of the upmarket shopping mall.  Take your pick:  Eastgate, Rosebank, Killarney, Sandton City, Hyde Park Corner…  There is a mall for everyone.  I'd go so far as to say that the mall has replaced the street as the primary place of public interaction [...]

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Nominations now open for the South African Blog Awards 2009!

March 1, 2009

Well, we've had the BAFTAs, the Grammys, the British Music Awards and of course the Oscars.  But all these were clearly just part of the build-up to the premier awards event of the season:  the South African Blog Awards! Yes, folks, a year has passed and it's once again time to nominate and vote for the [...]

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