February 2011

Saturday Snapshots #131

February 26, 2011

  Cape St Francis beach sunset – April 2009 I have previously written about the Seal Point lighthouse in Cape St Francis, visible in this picture.  But today this picture has special resonance because this afternoon Nick and I are renewing our wedding vows, barefoot on this very beach, ten years after we first said [...]

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Roasted butternut soup – revisited & rephotographed

February 23, 2011

  It seems hard to believe now, but when I started this blog, I did not even own a digital camera.  My very first photos were taken using a webcam and involved carrying the food to where the laptop was then then all sorts of acrobatics as Nick held the laptop at an angle where [...]

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Saturday Snapshots #130

February 19, 2011

  Sundowners – Costa Tropical (Spain), October 2010 Taken from the deck of the villa that we rented at the end of last summer near Salobrena on the Costa Tropical.  I love the holiday feel of this pic, particularly because I am off on holiday to South Africa today! This is part of a series [...]

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The Underground Restaurant for an Eat Pray Love dinner

February 17, 2011

[Apologies in advance for the grainy pics - taken in near-darkness!] Nobody has ever been able to accuse me of being on the cutting edge of anything. Fashion is generally something that I have only the most fleeting acquaintance with:  I prefer to find a style that suits me and stick with it.  I have changed my [...]

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Chocolate truffles and chocolate orange gelato

February 14, 2011

    Great post-meal games to play on a lazy afternoons with friends around the table need to meet a few requirements.  They should not require much by way of fiddly equipment.  They should not require complicated scoring. They should not involve too much intellectual challenge or use of fine motor skills (given that everybody has [...]

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Saturday Snapshots #129

February 12, 2011

  London calling - October 2010   This is part of a series of non-food photographs that will be published every Saturday on CookSister – all previously featured  photographs can be viewed on the Saturday Snapshots compendium page.  Photos featured in Saturday Snapshots are available to buy as high-quality greeting cards or prints in my RedBubble store and the gorgeous A3-size 2011 [...]

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Le Quartier Francais and Môreson Wines at The Loft Project

February 11, 2011

  Whenever I return home to South Africa for a holiday, I keep a little mental list in mind of the restaurants that I would like to visit – some for the view; some for the cuisine; some for theambience.  But, of course, between family demands and trying to find a few days of peace [...]

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