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EoMEoTE#10 – The Cat in the Hat edition

by Jeanne Horak on August 26, 2005 28 Comments in EoMEoTE

I’m your host With the most – Will you bring me eggs on toast? You can get them from a can, You can fry them in a pan, You can put them on a flan. You can cook them with a man You could even call him Stan, And you might meet his sister Fran. […]

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The Sorting Sieve – the EoMEoTE#9 roundup

by Jeanne Horak on August 16, 2005 16 Comments in EoMEoTE

A hushed silence fell upon the huge Hogwarts dining hall.  Even a couple of Hufflepuff girls who seemed pathologically incapable of suppressing their giggles for more than five continuous seconds had made a superhuman effort to maintain the decorous silence.  Harry looked up at the beautifully decorated ceiling.  He was slowly getting used to the […]

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EoMEoTE#9 – Harry Potter and the Maker of Fire

by Jeanne Horak on August 7, 2005 7 Comments in EoMEoTE

“Come on, Harry!” exclaimed Hermoine. “I knew that going to Hagrid’s cabin before afternoon classes was a mistake! We can’t possibly get back in time for the new professor’s class now.” There was a slightly manic glint in her eye that always made the boys uncomfortable. The last time they’d seen it was when Gilderoy […]

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Rooibos tea & dried fruit muesli crumble for IMBB#17

by Jeanne Horak on July 31, 2005 19 Comments in Is My Blog Burning?, Recipes, South African products

The British have a thing about tea.  There’s nothing that gets them more euphoric than the promise of a nice cuppa, and maybe some chocolate biscuits to accompany it.  They have elevated high tea to a fine art involving more food than any person could reasonably need between meals.  They sell every type of tea […]

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The WBW that wasn’t…

by Jeanne Horak on July 30, 2005 6 Comments in Wine & beer, Wine Blogging Wednesday

So through sheer procrastination, I managed to miss posting something for this month’s Wine Blogging Wednesday.  No, it’s not like I didn’t find the right wine, and it’s not as if I didn’t drink it.  I drank it, photographed it and then didn’t blog about it!  Mea culpa. Host Beau of Basic Juice declared the […]

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Announcing EoMEoTE#9 – Prisoner of Fryingpan

by Jeanne Horak on July 29, 2005 32 Comments in EoMEoTE

Gosh – has the end of the month rolled around again already?? [Well, that’s what happens when you don’t get your June round-up posted until late July!! – Ed.]  Well, my calendar tells me that July is on its deathbed and that can mean only one thing – it’s time for the End of 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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