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WTSIM #20 – for the love of gourd

by Jeanne Horak on October 16, 2008 17 Comments in Waiter, there's something in my...

WTSIM-gourds

  Oh the guilt!! Here I am, living the high life in Chicago with all my good intentions of blogging early every morning in tatters.  I have neglected all you lovely readers.  But in my defense I can say that I have been busy.  I have explored Chicago inside and out.  I have spent 2 […]

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Saturday Snapshots #7

by Jeanne Horak on October 11, 2008 12 Comments in London Life, Photography, Saturday Snapshots

O2-Greenwich

The O2 – North Greenwich, 2007 

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London food and wine bloggers meet at Cantaloupe

by Jeanne Horak on October 9, 2008 23 Comments in London food blogger events

Blogger-meet-cantaloupe

  Hands up – who likes being stood up? Hmm, not exactly a sea of hands, is it…  And I can guarantee you my hand is not among them.  Why do I ask?  Well, only because I was recently stood up.  A certain food blogger, clearly Far More Important than me, recently e-mailed me out […]

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Saturday Snapshots #6

by Jeanne Horak on October 4, 2008 10 Comments in Photography, Saturday Snapshots

Black-Cat

Troy – 2007

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Ratatouille bake with feta cheese

by Jeanne Horak on October 2, 2008 28 Comments in Vegetable side dishes, Vegetarian

Ratatouille -bake-with-feta

You know how they say the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step?  Well, I’m more of a subscriber to the theory that the journey of a thousand miles begins with a wonky fan belt, half a tank of fuel and a cell phone battery that’s about to die. “They” also say that […]

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Nasi ayam nanas (Indonesian pineapple chicken rice)

by Jeanne Horak on September 30, 2008 21 Comments in Main course - poultry, Pasta & rice, Waiter, there's something in my...

Nasi-ayam-nanas

Before this edition of Waiter, There’s Something in My… (the monthly event that I co-host with my buddies Andrew and Johanna), Andrew asked me to help him choose between two themes.  I chose one… he went for the other. Clearly my opinion is highly valued over at chez SpittoonExtra! When he announced the “something vaguely […]

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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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