[As I am currently on holiday, this is a re-posting of one of the first traditional South African recipes that I ever posted on this blog, over five years ago in 2004.] Bobotie is a classic South African dish and if you visit a restaurant serving traditional South African foods you are almost sure to encounter […]
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Aiguille du Midi climbers – Chamonix 2008
Click here for a full portionRoast lamb breast with rosemary & mustard flageolet beans
“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 […]
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