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WBW#16 – judging a bottle by its label

by Jeanne Horak on December 7, 2005 No Comments in Wine Blogging Wednesday

47 POund Rooster wine label

Yes, I know, I still haven’t even got round to posting my own EoMEoTE contribution, much less the round-up, and now here I am taking part in a totally different event.  But some events actually have deadlines (!!) so I guess I need to get this post up pretty sharpish if I don’t want to […]

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Humpty Dumpty and friends – EoMEoTE #13

by Jeanne Horak on December 2, 2005 21 Comments in EoMEoTE

Humpty Dumpty was cracked on his head, Humpty Dumpty was eaten with bread. Now all the food bloggers and all of their friends Will hunt Humpty Dumpty at every month’s end.

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Too busy to blog Dubai!

by Jeanne Horak on November 29, 2005 6 Comments in Dubai

Burj-al-Arab hotel Dubai

Well, I’m still in Dubai but I’m afraid there’s just toooo much to do to have time to blog!! You will just ave to wait till I get home tomorrow to hear more…

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A postcard from Dubai

by Jeanne Horak on November 27, 2005 3 Comments in Dubai

Airbus plane at sunset

Well, I have to say, everything I was told about Dubai turned out to be correct! It’s safe, the people are friendly, you move from air-conditioned hotel to air-conditioned taxi to air-conditioned mall. Oh yes, and your credit card is in mortal danger!  And it’s hot.  Really, really hot. 

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Pierre Marcolini chocolate tasting

by Jeanne Horak on November 22, 2005 1 Comment in London food blogger events

Almond chocolate truffles

After the resoundingly successful UK food blogger get-together at the Henley Regatta in July, we immediately resolved to set a date for the next gathering.  It was Johanna who came up with the great idea that we should go to a chocolate tasting, and so the date was set for an evening in September.  The […]

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Glas restaurant [CLOSED]

by Jeanne Horak on November 11, 2005 7 Comments in London restaurants

Glas

What can I say – I’m a sucker for a new restaurant.  Especially one which has so far generated only good reviews. And then of course there’s the fact that it’s Swedish.  Like Abba.  And we all know how I feel about Abba… 😉  So recently when two friends and I were planning a celebratory […]

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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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