It may not be particularly summery in London, but if you read as many blogs as often as I do, then you will start to experience summer vicariously through all the lovely summery dishes that people like Susan, Kalyn and David, Pille and Anne have been posting. Clearly in some parts of the world it has […]
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When am I going to learn? You’d think that after eight years of living in this country on and off, I would by now have learnt that: a) sunny weather over here does not necessarily mean sunny weather over there; and b) sunny weather at 9 a.m. is no guarantee of sunny weather at noon. […]
Click here for a full portionRhubarb, cranberry and ginger fool
When my dear friend Bronwyn and I used to live next door to each other back in 2001, we’d often spend hours drinking red wine on her balcony and talking late into the night. Sometimes we’d play 3 of a kind (for example what 3 countries would you most like to visit; if you were […]
Click here for a full portionThe omnivore’s 100
If you grew up in South Africa (possibly also in the US and UK?) at the same time as I did, you’ll remember the old Electrolux slogan: “Nothing sucks like Electrolux”. Well, I have now conclusively proved this slogan wrong by discovering something that sucks a lot worse: losing.
Click here for a full portionAubergine, Cape Town
Right, boys and girls, it’s trivia time! One of the following statements is false. 1. An aubergine is richer in nicotene that any other edible plant. 2. Aubergine is a popular girls’ name in Namibia. 3. Aubergine is an award-winning restaurant in Cape Town.
Click here for a full portionBroad bean, bacon and mushroom pasta
Immigration is a hot topic in the UK these days. It seems every person that you talk to thinks it’s a problem, but nobody seems to know quite what to do about it. The world and its dog appears to be falling over themselves to get here – antipodean youngsters on their 2-year youth visas; Eastern Europeans from […]
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