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Jan Ellis pudding – a classic South African dessert

by Jeanne Horak on February 23, 2009 43 Comments in Dessert, South African, Vegetarian

Jan-Ellis-pudding

Fact:  South Africans love puddings. And no, I don’t mean the weird English concept of puddings which can include savouries like Yorkshire pudding.  I mean sponge-cakey puddings baked in the oven and usually served warm with some sort of sauce or syrup. There’s nothing glamorous or sexy about them, and they don’t require any sort of […]

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Saturday Snapshots #26

by Jeanne Horak on February 21, 2009 7 Comments in Photography, Saturday Snapshots, South Africa

Keurbooms-Beach

Keurbooms beach sunset, February 2008

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Dark chocolate and raspberry tart

by Jeanne Horak on February 20, 2009 18 Comments in Baking (sweet), Dessert, Recipes, Vegetarian

Dark-chocolate-raspberry-tart

Aaaaah… sweet, sweet Friday.  I thought you’d never come. When I was at university, I never had lectures on a Friday afternoon.  I would drive off our huge campus (our campus was the biggest in the Southern hemisphere, and a nature reserve to boot!) in my little Ford Escort and if I saw anybody I […]

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Times Top 50 Food Blogs in the World – and your help needed

by Jeanne Horak on February 18, 2009 28 Comments in Cooksister in the media, Good cause

Times-50-best-food-blogs

    Remember what I said last week about good things happening in threes?  Well, I hate to break it to my former nanny, but she’s wrong. Sometimes, good things happen in TWOS!

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Kalyn’s spicy roast chickpeas

by Jeanne Horak on February 17, 2009 22 Comments in Blog Party, Canapés, Gluten-free, Vegan, Vegetable side dishes, Vegetarian

Spicy-Roasted-chickpeas

Those of you who have read my first column for Food24 will know that Valentine’s Day is probably not my most hotly anticipated holiday of the year. OK, it probably does have something to do with the fact that 20 years ago I was unceremoniously dumped by my boyfriend on V-Day…  We had been having some arguments […]

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Warm potato salad with red onion, dill and wholegrain mustard

by Jeanne Horak on February 15, 2009 19 Comments in Salads, Vegetable side dishes, Vegetarian, Weekend Herb Blogging

Warm-potato-salad

Some things are just better warm. The weather. Bread. Feet. Showers. And, umm, salads. Well, that’s what my brother used to tell my mom when she made potato salad. 

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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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