It’s not often that a long weekend and glorious weather coincide in this town – especially not when the long weekend in question falls in early April! But would you believe, over the Easter weekend two weeks ago, that’s exactly what happened – four glorious days of balmy weather and no work. Can life get […]
Click here for a full portionNew York, day 5: The Bigger Little Place
Leaving New York, never easy… – REM And just like that, our stay in New York drew to a close. I have to say that what the visit mostly did was just whet our appetite for more… For now, though, we were packed up and ready to roll. But first we still had the better […]
Click here for a full portionGlazed pork fillet stuffed with apricots
Sometimes I think this blog is where posts come to retire – I had a quick trawl through my draft posts and found dozens of the little buggers there, just sitting back, relaxing, playing bridge and waiting for their favourite TV soap opera to begin. Not actually doing anything, just loafing around and taking up […]
Click here for a full portionThe Stockpot – a London institution [CLOSED]
*UPDATE** The Stockpot very sadly closed in 2015 – the last of its kind and the end of an era. Back in 1995 when my mom and I made our wonderful mother-daughter sojourn to Europe, I was already a keen restaurant patron, as was Mamma. But of course, travelling on South African Rands in Europe was […]
Click here for a full portionMelanzane alla Parmigiana
I must admit that I have been on a bit of an Italian binge lately. Not surprising, seeing as recently at the very tail end of winter the universe suddenly played a mean trick on us and sent sleet and snow and general cold! What can be more comforting on a chilly night than a […]
Click here for a full portionLe Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons
A number of years ago, I accompanied my family to lunch at Riverbend Lodge just outside Port Elizabeth, in the Addo Elephant Park. By the time we drew up outside the front door, my brother’s car license plates were completely obscured by mud and we’d seen a few wild animals already – and then you […]
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