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South African wine and travel evening with STA TravelBuzz

by Jeanne Horak on September 17, 2010 5 Comments in South Africa, Wine & beer

Please remember to vote for me in the South African Blog Awards where I am a finalist in the Best Food and Best Overseas Blog categories!  VOTING ENDS TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT SOUTH AFRICAN TIME!  Thanks! One of the more annoying mysteries of my life is the price of plane tickets to South Africa.  I have […]

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Low-fat banana walnut muffins – the Muffins of Good

by Jeanne Horak on September 15, 2010 16 Comments in Baking (sweet), Breakfast & brunch, Recipes

Low fat Banana Walnut Muffins © J Horak-Druiff 2010

Please remember to vote for me in the South African Blog Awards where I am a finalist in the Best Food and Best Overseas Blog categories!  You can vote once a day till 17 September.  Thanks! I really wanted to call this post and its future companion piece Midnight with the (banana) Muffins of Good […]

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Blue Waters Café, Port Elizabeth

by Jeanne Horak on September 13, 2010 5 Comments in South Africa restaurants

I love my hometown of Port Elizabeth dearly, but one of its strong points has never been customer loyalty.  Other than the odd exception (Barneys, De Kelder and Old Austria spring to mind), restaurants have come and gone as regularly as the weather changes – and anybody who has been to PE will know that the […]

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Saturday Snapshots #107

by Jeanne Horak on September 11, 2010 5 Comments in Photography, Saturday Snapshots, UK

GoreyHarbourSunset © J Horak-Druiff 2010

Gorey Harbour sunset, Jersey – April 2006

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Blackberry cheesecake in a glass

by Jeanne Horak on September 8, 2010 17 Comments in Dessert

BerryCheesecake InGlassTitle

    Please remember to vote for me in the South African Blog Awards where I am a finalist in the Best Food and Best Overseas Blog categories!  You can vote once a day till 17 September.  Thanks! Cheesecake.  When I was a kid I always thought this term was one of the biggest lies […]

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Lamb sosaties revisited – and a BBQ event!

by Jeanne Horak on September 6, 2010 23 Comments in Braai the Beloved Country, Braai/Barbecue, Dairy-free, Gluten-free, Recipes, South African

LambSosaties © J Horak-Druiff 2010

  Yes, I know it’s Monday, not Sunday, but I had 25 people at my house on Saturday, a headache like a jackhammer on Sunday AND a wine tasting in the coutryside with Andrew and friends, so please forgive me if this post revisits an old post and appears a day late… On 24 September, […]

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Jeanne Horak is a freelance food and travel writer; recipe developer and photographer. South African by birth and Londoner by choice, Jeanne has been writing about food and travel on Cooksister since 2004. She is a popular speaker on food photography and writing has also contributed articles, recipes and photos to a number of online and print publications. Jeanne has also worked with a number of destination marketers to promote their city or region. Please get in touch to work with her Read More…

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