“Breast of lamb is a strange joint which is pretty nearly inedible unless you have this recipe.” (Old Scrote’s Real Food Cookbook). I think he is being a little harsh, but since didn’t have the benefit of his wisdom before I embarked on my cooking adventure, I didn’t feel any rising panic about how to […]
Click here for a full portionRoots @ the Forum Homini, Johannesburg
When I go home to South Africa, I always feel a little like I’m being pulled in ten different directions by all the places I want to go, people I need to see and things I want to do. As my family are in Port Elizabeth, I always go there when I visit, but as for my […]
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Wells Cathedral – January 2008
Click here for a full portionCheat’s risotto (for very lazy or very hungry people!)
What if Cambridge University had stipulated physical attractiveness as one of their criteria… and refused to employ modern genius Stephen Hawking on this basis? What if Britain’s Got Talent imposed a “size zero” size limit on contestants… and failed to select runaway singing success Susan Boyle on that basis? Or what if Hollywood studios […]
Click here for a full portionFame, fortune and muffcakes
When I was in high school, my parents wanted me to be a doctor. Other kids I knew wanted to be lawyers, physiotherapists and journalists. I wanted to be either a film director or an advertising copywriter. So clearly, three law degrees was the obvious next step for me 🙂 OK, so it’s a long […]
Click here for a full portionMoroccan-spiced roasted vegetables
So the festive season is well and truly over. All the Christmas decorations have been taken down, all the gammon leftovers have been eaten, and everyone is talking about good intentions, more exercise, losing weight, drinking less and eating light. Going out to dinner with friends has become fraught with difficulties as this one won’t go […]
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