There is a lovely saying in Afrikaans which goes geluk by die ongeluk, which means fortune with the misfortune – or, roughly translated, every cloud has a silver lining. Isn’t that a great way of looking at things? Whatever seemingly disasterous thing Life throws at you, you just need to look at it in a […]
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A very merry Christmas to all CookSister readers, wherever you may be – your support means so much to me! May you have plenty of food at your table, plenty of friends to share your food, and plenty of laughter and love in your day, today and always.
Click here for a full portionChilli con carne with a cornbread topping
The first time I met my twin sister, I was 40 years old. No, I wasn’t adopted; and neither was she. And we weren’t the victims of some sort of acrimonious divorce or a long-standing parental feud. You see it’s just that the stork that was tasked with dropping her off, dropped her off […]
Click here for a full portionHeston’s £300 Christmas pudding and Bluebasil brownies – all I want for Christmas!
After my shocking confession in last week’s post that chocolates do not really do it for me (send me cheese or charcuterie if you want to get into my good books!), I am about to say something else equally controversial. And I don’t just mean “Santa clause does not exist, boys and girls!”; or “Mmm, this reindeer […]
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Sunset fishermen, Keurbooms – December 2009
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And so once again, while nobody was looking, the festive season rolled into town. One minute I was getting sunburnt at the Henley regatta; the next we were watching Guy Fawkes fireworks; and the next I opened my curtains to see that the caravans of the festive season had arrived like gypsies in the […]
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