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Green Thai curry vegetable ribbons

by Jeanne Horak on June 1, 2009 12 Comments in Gluten-free, Leftovers, Vegan, Vegetable side dishes, Vegetarian

ThaiCurryVegetableRibbons

  It’s been a good week for Carla Bruni and Hugh Jackman. It’s been a bad week for Peter Andre (poor lamb.  But what was he thinking marrying her?!?) It’s been a good week for Austria. It’s been (another) bad week for Zimbabwe. It’s been a good week for Cooksister the Homeowner (OMG, could I […]

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Saturday Snapshots #40

by Jeanne Horak on May 30, 2009 8 Comments in Belgium, Photography, Saturday Snapshots

AtomiumBrussels

Brussels Atomium – June 2007

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A Bisol prosecco tasting at The Wine Theatre

by Jeanne Horak on May 27, 2009 11 Comments in London restaurants, Meeting bloggers, Wine & beer

THIS RESTAURANT HAS CLOSED. So are you feeling as credit crunched as I am??  Redundancies everywhere, a grocery bill that just seems filled with helium and rises every week despite the fact that we are buying exactly the same stuff – and a bathroom renovation that seems to have a budget like a small country.  […]

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Saturday Snapshots #39

by Jeanne Horak on May 23, 2009 16 Comments in London Life, Photography, Saturday Snapshots

London Routemaster red bus © J Horak-Druiff 2009

London Bus – April 2009

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Emergency tomato & cheese bread

by Jeanne Horak on May 21, 2009 35 Comments in Braai/Barbecue, Recipes, Vegetarian

Here’s a question for you:  if you had to go into a totally empty kitchen, save for appliances, and cook and serve a lunch for 4 people using only food and equipment that you’d brought with you, how many items would be on your packing list?  Remember, you’d have to pack plates, glasses, knives, spices, […]

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Mango, red pepper & cilantro salsa

by Jeanne Horak on May 17, 2009 21 Comments in Gluten-free, Vegan, Vegetarian

RedPepperMangoSalsa

I think anybody that knows me will tell you how much I love this little blog of mine, and how dedicated I am to it.  But sometimes there is just too much going on in Real Life to do much blogging.  You see, the Catch-22 of blogging is that the more you do that’s worth […]

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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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