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EoMEoTE #16 – The Da Clucki Code

by Jeanne Horak on May 30, 2006 8 Comments in EoMEoTE

EOMEOTE16-Announcement

Can you read that?  No?  Well, just hold your computer up to a mirror and it will all become clear ;-).  Aaaaaah, that’s better.  Easy peasy.  The mystery is revealed – it’s that time again, time for the all-singing clucking, all-dancing bi-monthly ovo-literary event that is the End of Month Egg on Toast Extravaganza!

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I’m Racing for Life

by Jeanne Horak on May 22, 2006 7 Comments in London Life

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As many of you will know, on 18 December last year my friend Christelle passed away after a 10 month battle with cancer, at the age of only 30. Fewer of you know that in the past 7 years, my sister-in-law and my two best friends have each lost a parent to cancer, and my […]

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Haddock and Parma ham parcels – a 3 ingredient feast

by Jeanne Horak on May 21, 2006 2 Comments in Fish, Gluten-free

hake-parma-ham-parcels © J Horak-Druiff 2006

Many of my readers will be aware that Nick and I travelled to Mexico last year to attend the wedding of our good friends Adam and Iliana.  Now Iliana is a woman after my own heart – she loves food and she loves to cook.  I mean, this is a woman who goes home to […]

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“Around the World” meme

by Jeanne Horak on May 17, 2006 4 Comments in Memes

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  About a million years ago, Pille tagged me with this meme.   At the time I promised to join in, wrote a quick draft post and then promptly forgot about it.  As you do!! 😉 But in a renewed drive to get draft posts finished and posted, I have finally got round to completing it […]

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David Lebovitz does Borough Market

by Jeanne Horak on May 9, 2006 5 Comments in Markets

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One of my favourite food bloggers these days is David Lebovitz, an American who blogs from Paris (when he has time, in between writing cookbooks and leading chocolate tours!!).  So I was thrilled when Johanna called a few weeks ago to let me know David would be in town.  Of course, if you love food, […]

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Paola’s pasta primavera

by Jeanne Horak on May 5, 2006 1 Comment in Main course - vegetarian, Pasta & rice, Vegetarian

Hallelujah!  Spring has (finally) sprung, the grass is riz, no need to wonder where  the flowers is – they are all over the place!  In fact, for the past week or so I have started almost every day by getting up and heading into the garden with my camera to photograph our absolutely glorious tree […]

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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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