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Potato salad with apple and thyme

by Jeanne Horak on September 7, 2008 31 Comments in Salads, Vegetarian, Weekend Herb Blogging

potato-salad-apple-thyme

I swear that I am turning into a crabby old lady before my eyes. At least half the words that come out of my mouth these days could just as easily have come out of my mother’s mouth… and we all know how we fear turning into our parents 😉  I have caught myself complaining that […]

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Saturday Snapshots #2

by Jeanne Horak on September 6, 2008 13 Comments in Photography, Saturday Snapshots

LavenderBee

 Hanging on to summer – Kent, 2008

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Babington House

by Jeanne Horak on September 4, 2008 12 Comments in British Isles restaurants

Babington House Menu

When I say “private members’ club”, what do you think of? Portly gentlemen of a certain age, sitting on overstuffed leather sofas in hushed libraries, smoking cigars and reading The Times? Maybe the younger members of the British royals falling out of exclusive parties in the small hours? Perhaps some bare naked ladies in high […]

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Dark chocolate and orange pots

by Jeanne Horak on September 1, 2008 21 Comments in Dessert, Gluten-free, Vegetarian

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OK, come clean, who tore a few extra pages off the calendar?  I mean, it seriously cannot be September already, can it?? And if it really is September, then eeeek, I’ve missed the deadline for an event that I’ve been wanting to take part in for the longest time, so I’m going to keep this […]

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Runner bean soup

by Jeanne Horak on August 31, 2008 23 Comments in Gluten-free, Soup, Vegetable side dishes, Vegetarian

runner-bean-soup

This just in:  London experiences a whole day of summer over the weekend!  A whole day! I will freely admit that I was almost hyperventilating with excitement when the sun broke through the clouds yesterday and within minutes I was out there in the garden in the company of my bikini and a book.  There’s […]

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Saturday Snapshots #1

by Jeanne Horak on August 29, 2008 22 Comments in Photography, Saturday Snapshots

Cat-herb-pots

My friend Inge’s cat, peering suspiciously at us from behind the herb pots –  August 2008

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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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