I’ve been eating out a lot lately. The waistband of my trousers tells me so. We seem to have had an endless parade of visiting friends and old acquaintances to catch up with, and London being London it is almost always easier to meet at a restaurant somewhere halfway between our respective houses. So the […]
Click here for a full portionWhole mackerel with orange butter
When I was a little girl, one of my favourite movies was The Rescuers. I loved Evinrude the dragonfly, I loved Orville the albatross, I adored stylish Miss Bianca and good-hearted Bernard. One of the lines I remember best from the movie was the fact that Bernard always greeted every unexpected event with “holy mackerel!”. […]
Click here for a full portionNeptune Oyster and 2 days in Boston
No, it’s not that I’ve been holding out on you and slipped off on a secret weekend in Boston… The truth is that this is the final post in my series on our trip to the USA last year. Only 12 short months after we got back. I weep…
Click here for a full portionPizza inspirations – Mozzarella, basil and slow-roast tomatoes
As I have said before, Friday nights here at Chez Cooksister are pizza nights. For the rest of the week, I try to cook reasonably balanced and healthy meals: protein, carbohydrates and lots of vegetables. Yes, they are tasty, but these meals do seem to take up pretty much all of my leisure time on […]
Click here for a full portionCilantro, cucumber and tomato salad
It seems that I am on a roll writing about love-it-or-hate-it foods. Hands up – who likes fresh coriander leaves, a.k.a. cilantro? I know I do – and Nick has repeatedly declared that fresh cilantro is his all-time favourite herb. But as I have discovered, this is not an opinion shared by everyone – to […]
Click here for a full portionMarmite cheese spread – this could be heaven or this could be hell!
Growing up in Port Elizabeth (in our house anyway), your bread toppings included the following choices: peanut butter, golden syrup or apricot jam; and if you had a savoury tooth rather than a sweet one Anchovette, Melrose cheese spread, Marmite and Bovril. Some of the family liked Marmite (made from yeast extract left over after […]
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