During World War II, 67,000 Italian prisoners of war mainly from the conflict in North Africa were sent out to South Africa where they were mainly housed in the Zonderwater POW camp in what was then the Transvaal. (You can read more about the camp here – but suffice to say that after the war the Camp Commandant Prinsloo […]
Click here for a full portionMy Legume Love Affair #16 – the roundup
As some of you know, I write a fortnightly food column for Food24. They are great about letting me write whatever I like, so I have tremendous freedom to write about whatever interests me or crosses my path that week. A while back, I was chatting to Michelle, a fab fellow-South African who works at my […]
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Seeing red – Autumn 2009
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Nothing like a trawl through your draft posts to remind you of all the good intentions of summer posts unwritten…! Back at the start of summer, around about the time of Wimbledon, in fact, I received an e-mail asking whether I would like a delivery of free strawberries and cream. Talk about a no-brainer […]
Click here for a full portionChickpea salad with tomatoes, basil and feta
Hands up – who’s heard of a mondegreen? Nope, I hadn’t either, until I discovered the wonderful world of blogging five years ago. Obviously, the majority of blogs I read were food blogs, but I also followed a number of fascinating non-food blogs, one of which was the witty, erudite and always fascinating Language Log. […]
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Lloyds Building – London August 2009
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