If you are planning to drive South Africa’s Garden Route between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, there are dozens of places where you could break your journey, and each would offer a unique beauty. But one of the places that I always recommend that people should try to spend a few days in, is Knysna. Although it […]
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London Docklands sunset – September 2009
Click here for a full portionEmergency tomato pesto & olive crostini, and some housekeeping
So let’s talk housekeeping first, and no, I’m not talking about the vacuuming, the dusting and the ironing. It’s CookSister housekeeping (which is a lot more fun anyway!). H2ope for Haiti update – and an extension! As you are now by all aware, the H2Ope for Haiti charity raffle is well underway. Thanks to your […]
Click here for a full portionFood Journeys of a Lifetime – want to win this book?
I don’t know about anybody else, but I grew up in awe of coffee table books. For a start, unlike most other people I knew, my parents had a large, low table in the lounge that was in fact specifically referred to as “the coffee table” and the books that ended up on that table […]
Click here for a full portionH2Ope for Haiti – the prizes
After the terrible earthquake that struck Haiti on 12 January this year I, like many people, felt overwhelmed by the enormity of the disaster. But a first-hand account from a friend who had flown a relief flight to Haiti after the quake provided the impetus to push me into action and not stand idly by as others suffered. […]
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Parabola – Plettenberg Bay, December 2009
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