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Saturday Snapshots #66

by Jeanne Horak on November 28, 2009 1 Comment in Photography, Saturday Snapshots, USA

ChicagoTribuneTower

Tribune Tower, Chicago – October 2008

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Spinach, feta, sun-dried tomato and toasted seed salad

by Jeanne Horak on November 27, 2009 9 Comments in Gluten-free, Salads, Vegetarian

SpinachFetaSalad

  I am mostly a positive person, and I mostly love living here in London.  But every now and then you just have one of those afternoons. Next week is the week-long training programme at work for which I am solely responsible, so the afternoon was filled with printing materials, collating folders and making sure […]

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Cooksister calendars now available!

by Jeanne Horak on November 26, 2009 10 Comments in Memes

CooksisterCalendar

You all know the feeling.  The knot in your stomach.  The tightness in your chest.  The shallow breaths and elevated heart-rate. The shooting pains down your left arm. Yes, folks, the festive season is upon us.  The knot in your stomach is from too much cranberry sauce.  The tightness in your chest returns every time […]

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Salmon tagliatelle and a Cirio product review

by Jeanne Horak on November 22, 2009 14 Comments in Fish, In my pantry, Pasta & rice, Presto Pasta Nights

Salmontagliatelle

Sometimes, only comfort food will do. Maybe it’s the windy, rainy weather.  Maybe it was the rather stressful Friday and Saturday I spent co-ordinating a training seminar for nearly 100 people in Croydon last weekend.  Or the nasty tummy bug I had 3 days earlier… Whatever the reason, last Monday when I got home from work, the […]

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Saturday Snapshots #65

by Jeanne Horak on November 21, 2009 2 Comments in France, Photography, Saturday Snapshots

BostonIvy

Seeing red – Reims, August 2007

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The BloggerAid Cook Book has arrived!

by Jeanne Horak on November 19, 2009 7 Comments in Good cause

BloggerAidCookbook

  Not having children, I don’t feel I can speak authoritatively about the pain of childbirth and how you apparently forget about how bad it was (otherwise there would be a LOT more single-child families around…!).  But I DO feel qualified to speak with authority about the labour pains of producing a collaborative recipe book containing […]

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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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