Is it me or is it hot in here? So hot, in fact, that people are whipping off their tops left, right and centre – ooooooeer, Missus! Yes folks, the formerly demure residents of the foodie blogosphere have all decided to get ’em out and show ’em off. The saucy tarts! No really – I […]
Click here for a full portionMushroom soup from scratch
Ain’t life just like that sometimes?? The very last night of NaBloPoMo and TONIGHT I develop IT troubles. It started with problems with the internet browser and after reopening Internet Explorer a few times I though I would re-start the machine to see if that sorted it out. Only… when I restarted it, Windows refused […]
Click here for a full portionNigel Slater’s spicy slow-roast lamb
Some of you may have been wondering where the leftover roast lamb came from that I used to make very-un-traditional lamb Stroganoff last week. Well, wonder no more. This is not the first time I have waxed lyrical about Nigel Slater on this blog. I’m sure I recall saying somewhere that if the house were […]
Click here for a full portionWaiter, there’s something in my… melktert!
Do you know the feeling when you know something is part of your heritage and you know you should like it… but you just don’t? Like my father growing up in the Afrikaner heartland of the Orange Free State province, but not liking braais. Or a Scotsman who can’t stand haggis. Or me, growing up […]
Click here for a full portionNaBloPoMo, WTSIM, the best laid plans – and some gratuitous chile pics
So there I was at the end of October, contemplating signing up for NaBloPoMo, thinking how hard can it really be to post every day for a month – a measly little month?!? Hah.
Click here for a full portionProudly South African verjuice
One of the things that I like most about travelling is that I get to shop for exotic ingredients on every trip. Sometimes I do my research so as to make sure I come back with whatever product the area that I am visiting is best known for. Other times I just wander around the […]
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