Recipes – vegetarian

Christmas pudding semifreddo with cinnamon streusel and brandy sauce

December 15, 2011

  One of the things people often ask me at this time of year is what some proper South African Christmas traditions are. It's at times like this when I am faced with the sudden urge to make up something totally outlandish, along the lines of "first, you have to feed the giraffes their customary mince pies, otherwise they [...]

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Peppadew cheese puffs – perfect Christmas canapés

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  Just like living with other people, living alone is something every adult should experience for themselves.  Living with other people teaches you about compromise and consideration for others; living alone teaches you about self-reliance and liking your own company. The 18 month period shortly after we were married when Nick lived in the UK and I [...]

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Borscht – my beetroot epiphany and a chance to win £400 worth of flights

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This competition is now CLOSED.  On Wed 7 December I asked @manthatcooks in Australia to pick a number live on Twitter.  He picked 22… which means the winner of £400 worth of flights is MR CECIL ROWE! Congratulations! American Express should be in touch shortly.  Have you noticed that there are some foods that are almost [...]

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Artichoke, caper and lemon risotto and a Good Fork Italian box

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  Perspective.  So much of our experience of this thing we call life is coloured by it.  Where some people see problems stacking up against their business as the economy rollercoasters, others see new opportunities presented by the challenging times.  I love travel, focusing on the new people I get to meet, the new foods [...]

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Pasta with creamy chanterelles and toasted almonds

October 24, 2011

They say that travel broadens the mind.  I can certainly attest to that, but I could also add a few other talents that travel has.  It empties the pockets and fills the camera memory card. It broadens the beam (so to speak!). And it decks the halls with useless knicknacks from a thousand eager street [...]

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Honey-roasted figs with Greek yoghurt – sweet simplicity

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  What is it with us humans?  We spend a considerable amount of time, money and energy over our lifetimes acquiring.  We acquire houses and cars that need maintenance and insurance and upkeep.  We acquire clothes and shoes and jewellery that need cleaning and care and storage.  We acquire books and CDs that take over [...]

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Perfect palmiers with pistounade from Provence

September 26, 2011

  Hyperbole.  Litotes.  Alliteration. Onomatopeoia. Pun.  Oxymoron. Hands up – who knows which of the above literary devices I used in the title to this post?  You see, despite this glossy facade of food bloggerness which you see before you, deep down I am just a language nerd.  Case in point:  I have been going through [...]

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