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Sweet potato muffins

by Jeanne Horak on November 8, 2005 4 Comments in Baking (sweet), Recipes

Sweet potato muffins

As I mentioned in a previous post, one of the last blogging events in which I participated before heading off on holiday was the second edition of the wonderful Euro Blogging By Post, organised by our very own Andrew.  Andrew’s brief to participants was to include a store-cupboard ingredient, and to include something with an […]

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The “I confess!” meme

by Jeanne Horak on November 7, 2005 12 Comments in Memes

Cooksister-tomato

While trying to catch up on some blog reading the other day, I came across a fun meme on David Lebovitz’s great blog.  He has basically compiled a list of his various culinary confessions and thrown it open to the rest of us to confess ours.  So… here are mine:

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EoMEoTE#12 – Night of the Living Bread

by Jeanne Horak on November 6, 2005 2 Comments in EoMEoTE

Sandwich with vampire face

SCENE: 21h00, 31 OCTOBER, COOKSISTER’S HOUSE   Hubby: [shuts door] Phew, we must have fed sweets to half the kids in London!  I mean skeletons, vampires, mummies, witches – you name it, it’s knocked on our door! Cooksister: You can say that again – talk about being on a sugar high!!  Some of them won’t be sleeping […]

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Hola from Chihuahua, Mexico!

by Jeanne Horak on October 22, 2005 10 Comments in Mexico, USA

Mexican ponchos

Yup, you read correctly, the Cooksister is currently the Tortillasister! We are here in sunny Mexico for a friend’s wedding and we have been having a total ball since I last posted from San Diego.

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Hi from the USA!

by Jeanne Horak on October 13, 2005 13 Comments in USA

San Diego Zoo entrance

Well, hello there from San Diego!  I have not had internet access since we arrived and am now snatching a few minutes on a friend’s PC so don’t get your hopes up…  But I just wanted to let you all know that I’m having a ball and I love California!

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EoMEoTE#11 – Omelette Loving

by Jeanne Horak on October 8, 2005 4 Comments in EoMEoTE

Omelette and toast

Omelette loving happened so fast. Omelette loving – oh it’s a blast! Met a pan, cute as can be. Met some eggs – crazy you’ll see. Omlette fun, something’s begun But, oh, it’s the end of the month!

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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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