March 2010

One-pan breakfast – something for the weekend

March 12, 2010

When I was 16 years old, I made up my mind one December that what I really wanted to do was host a new year's eve party.  But it wasn't enough to have people round for dinner and some dancing – oh no, this party had to be different.  The invitations requested the pleasure of my [...]

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H2Ope for Haiti – the winners!

March 10, 2010

Everybody loves a winner.  They get the gold medals.  They get to stand at the top of the podium.  They have songs written about them.  It's a good thing we love them – because I am about to announce 35 of them!  Thanks to the great generosity that you have shown by donating fabulous prizes; [...]

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Souskluitjies (cinnamon dumplings) revisited

March 7, 2010

[As I am currently on holiday, this is an edited re-posting of one of the first traditional South African desserts that I ever posted on this blog, over five years ago in 2004.  The photo is also from 2004, before anybody told me not to use a flash in food photography...  You've come a long way, baby!] **H2Ope [...]

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Saturday Snapshots #80

March 6, 2010

King Protea – December 2009 The King Protea or Protea Cynaroides is a flowering plant in the family Proteaceae (which family, incidentally, belongs to the same order of plants as plane trees and lotus flowers – the order Proteales).  Proteaceae are mainly southern hemisphere plants, with the greatest concentrations of diversity being in Southern Africa and Australia.  It is [...]

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Joumou soup – a recipe from Haiti

March 1, 2010

**H2Ope for Haiti update** I hope that you have all heard by now that the deadline for entering the H2Ope for Haiti charity raffle has been extended until midnight GMT on Sunday 7 March. The event is raising money for Concern Worldwide, a well-established charity that was already operating in Haiti at the time of the January 12th [...]

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