May 2010

Cheezas for my cheesy friends

May 11, 2010

Age is a funny thing.  You don’t feel old, you may not look old, but every now and then you have a flash of realisation that the world has changed so much since you were a kid that you must, to some extent, be old.  Or at least older than some people!  I look at [...]

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Spur Steak Ranches

May 10, 2010

It isn't often that a chain of restaurants (other than those of the drive-through, happy meal variety!!) survives and thrives for over 40 years.  When one does, it's hardly surprising that it enters the national consciousness of a country, which is exactly what Spur Steak Ranches have done in South Africa.  Ask any South African if [...]

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Saturday Snapshots #89

May 8, 2010

 So many footprints – Plettenberg Bay, December 2009 The towels are wet, the suntan lotion is finished and determined sun-worshippers catch the last rays of the day, afloat on a sea of footprints.     This is part of a series of non-food photographs that will be published every Saturday on CookSister. Click here for a full list of photographs [...]

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The Cadogan Arms, Chelsea

May 7, 2010

One of the things I love most about London is that you can take a Tube or a bus across town, remain within the city limits, but feel as if you have been transported to another planet.  Allow me to elaborate.  Where I live, there are no houses older than about 20 years (the area [...]

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Roosterkoek – a South African braai essential

May 2, 2010

Roosterkoek (literally grill cake – say “roor-stir-cook” and try to roll those r’s!) is the traditional bread to accompany a braai or BBQ. The roosterkoek are simply balls of bread dough cooked on a grid over the coals, and are best eaten piping hot and straight off the grill. There are other traditional braai breads (e.g. [...]

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Saturday Snapshots #88

May 1, 2010

Cape St Francis lighthouse – April 2009 The Seal Point lighthouse in Cape St Francis, South Africa was built in 1875 (at a cost of £20,000) and commissioned on 4 July 1878. The 28-metre circular masonry tower (the tallest masonry lighthouse on the South african coast) supports a lantern house and 2nd order revolving lantern consisting [...]

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