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Review: One&Only The Palm, Dubai

by Jeanne Horak on August 26, 2015 9 Comments in Dubai, Hotel reviews

O&OThePalmPool

We’ve all had that end-of-holiday feeling.  The feeling of relaxation and contentment, combined with the longing to live like this forever: never having to cook or make your bed; never having to vacuum the lounge or water the garden; never having to dash to the grocery store in the rain on the way home from […]

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Tom’s Kitchen Canary Wharf [CLOSED]

by Jeanne Horak on August 23, 2015 6 Comments in London restaurants

A review of Tom's Kitchen, Chelsea

The first time I visited one of Tom Aikens’ restaurants (Tom’s Kitchen Chelsea) was not that long after the debacle where the talented enfant terrible of London’s kitchen scene was alleged to have held a hot palette knife to a junior chef’s cheek in a fit of anger. With this story still fresh in our minds, […]

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Saturday Snapshots #308

by Jeanne Horak on August 22, 2015 2 Comments in Dubai, Photography, Saturday Snapshots

DubaiPalmBeachSunset

  Sunset on The Palm, Jumeirah – Dubai, September 2013

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Smashed pea, feta and mint crostini

by Jeanne Horak on August 20, 2015 20 Comments in Canapés, Vegetarian

Easy peasy 3-ingredient smashed pea, feta and mint crostini - add a touch of glamour to any dinner party with these fresh, delicious bites! | www.cooksister.com

Familiarity breeds contempt – so goes the well-known saying.  And it is true: things which we find terrifying or awe-inspiring or in any other way remarkable, quickly lose that remarkableness the more time we spend in close proximity to them.  When I visited London as a tourist, I thought the Tube was the most astonishing, […]

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Taste of London 2015 with AEG

by Jeanne Horak on August 15, 2015 9 Comments in London Life, Shows, launches and events

My highlights of the Taste Of London food festival 2015

You know it’s summer in London when: you can barely walk ten steps in Waterloo Station on a Saturday morning without bumping into ten women in vertiginous heels and fascinators everyone starts to complain about the heat after spending the previous 9 months complaining about the cold you can barely walk ten steps in the […]

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Mint Leaf (Haymarket)

by Jeanne Horak on August 3, 2015 5 Comments in London restaurants

Mint Leaf restaurant on the Haymarket, London - upmarket Indian food in the heart of London's theatreland.

A few years ago, Nick and I were having drinks with friends in Soho. As the evening wore on, our bellies started rumbling and we decided that we needed to find somewhere to eat.  One of our friends suggested an excellent Indian restaurant that he had been to and called Directory Enquiries to get their […]

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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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