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Saturday Snapshots #95

by Jeanne Horak on June 19, 2010 11 Comments in Photography, Saturday Snapshots, South Africa

FairviewGoatTower

Fairview bored doe – near Stellenbosch, South Africa 2008

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Asparagus salad with pesto and Parmesan

by Jeanne Horak on June 17, 2010 25 Comments in In my pantry, Salads, Vegetable side dishes, Vegetarian

AsparagusSalad

Isn’t it funny how some words are more fun to say out loud than others?  Bibulous.  Molybdenum. Flibbertigibbet. Asparagus.  Assssparrrrragus! Say it out loud!  And clearly TS Eliot agreed with me – he named one of the feline characters in Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats Asparagus: Gus is the cat at the Theatre Door. […]

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The Roundhouse, Cape Town [CLOSED]

by Jeanne Horak on June 15, 2010 15 Comments in South Africa restaurants

RoundhouseCapeTown

There are many things in life that I do not understand.  Quantum physics.  The popularity of Dan Brown books.  The offside rule in football.  Men.  And people who go to a high-end formal restaurant and then complain that the service was “too attentive”.  If you want casual service, perhaps you should try the Spur.  Or […]

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Saturday Snapshots #94

by Jeanne Horak on June 12, 2010 5 Comments in Photography, Saturday Snapshots, South Africa

African masks © J Horak-Druiff 2010

The faces of Africa – Cape Town, February 2008

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Food Blogger Connect 2010

by Jeanne Horak on June 11, 2010 34 Comments in Food Blogger Connect, Meeting bloggers

FBC2010

Food Blogger Connect 2010 (Photo: Mowie) Q:  What’s even more fun that cooking, eating, photographing, talking about and writing about food? A:  Cooking, eating, photographing, talking about and writing about food with other bloggers! And it seems I am not the only food blogger who feels this way, judging by the turnout at the much-anticipated Food Blogger […]

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Fu.Shi, Plettenberg Bay

by Jeanne Horak on June 8, 2010 12 Comments in South Africa restaurants

Fushi

PLEASE NOTE THAT FU.SHI HAS NOW CLOSED I have written before about my long-term love affair with Plettenberg Bay.  I have spent so much time there that I sometimes feel more affinity for Plett than the city were i actually lived!  Over the 35 years or so that I have been visiting Plett, I have […]

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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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