One of the dubious pleasures of trying to live your life with one foot on each of two continents is that you become intimately acquainted with the airports of both countries. Instead of being merely transit points, they become meeting places, farewell venues, and the backdrop for emotional crises. I remember standing at passport control in Johannesburg […]
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Facade – Greenwich Peninsula, August 2010
Click here for a full portionCheyenne Spur Steak Ranch, Greenwich [CLOSED]
If you had asked me ten years ago whether there are particular South African foods that I miss here in London, I would have come up with a fairly long list. Biltong, rooibos tea, Mrs Balls chutney, Castle Lager and Nando’s sauces would all have been there. But over the years that we have been here, I find […]
Click here for a full portionPan-fried fish fillets with capers on pesto mash
Capers. Slippery little suckers, aren’t they? I mean, for a start, what are they? Seeds? Berries? What?? I grew up believing I knew exactly what they were. My father told me that they were the pickled seeds of the nasturtium plant and seeing as the Afrikaans word for nasturtium is kappertjie, there seemed to be an […]
Click here for a full portionAndrew’s Really Secret (Wine) Event – #ARSEing about in Mayfair
Photo courtesy of Andrew from Spittoon Andrew of Spittoon and I have been friends for a long time. What can I say – we have alot in common. He blogs, I blog. He likes wine, I like wine. He loves his Canon DSLR, I love my Canon DLSR. At the LIWF, he stays over […]
Click here for a full portionHomemade Choc-kit cookies – a South African treat
Have you noticed how many good things come in sandwich format? Whoopie pies, for one – like the indulgent red velvet ones that my friend Mowie brought around to my house when he came for lunch (and foraging!) a couple of weeks ago. Or macarons – like the raspberry tea & chocolate tahini ganache ones […]
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