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Bantam of the Opera – the EoMEoTE#4 round-up

by Jeanne Horak on March 7, 2005 16 Comments in EoMEoTE

You may well ask what the title of this post has to do with anything…  Well, nothing, apart from the fact that this months’ EoMEoTE has been marked by the proliferation of chicken and egg-related puns, ballets, operas and films.  So I thought I’d pick my favourite and use that to headline the round-up!  I […]

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Scrambled egg, olive & feta pita pockets for EoMEoTE#4

by Jeanne Horak on March 6, 2005 3 Comments in EoMEoTE, Recipes

scrambled egg pita pockets

Firstly, let me apologise for the saaaaaad lack of posts recently.  The reasons are that a) I am crazy busy at work and b) my weekends have lately been taken up by visits to a friend who is seriously ill, so between trying to balance the real world & the blogosphere, the real world had […]

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Scramble the troops – it’s EoMEoTE#4!

by Jeanne Horak on February 27, 2005 32 Comments in EoMEoTE

Can you believe February has already come and gone??  The first hint I had that the end of the month was in fact looming was when I checked out Man That Cooks last night and came across his marvellous visual reminder that not only is Feb over, but that it’s time to fire up the bread […]

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Deep-Fried Mars Bars for IMBB #12

by Jeanne Horak on February 23, 2005 19 Comments in Is My Blog Burning?

Deep fried mars bars

I have to admit that this is the first edition of IMBB that I thought I might not participate in since I started my blog in May 2004.  I have just had too much on lately, what with submitting my first entry for SHF and hosting WBW#6 within days of each other.  And then there was […]

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Fame at last in the first the South African Blog Awards!

by Jeanne Horak on February 21, 2005 11 Comments in South African blog awards

Cooksister-tomato

Well, South Africa’s most significant vote ever was the first democratic election held on 27 April 1994.  Now, it’s tme for another different but almost as significant event – the first South African Blog Awards!  OK, maybe I’m being a tiny bit facetious, but let’s face it, how many other African countries do you see […]

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A barrel of South African reds – WBW#6 round-up, Part II

by Jeanne Horak on February 17, 2005 14 Comments in Wine & beer, Wine Blogging Wednesday

Bottles of South African red wine

If you enjoyed Part I of the roundup, let’s dive right back into the wines.  Ready? The first popping cork in Part II was Beau’s contribution from Basic Juice.  He left Franschoek behind and headed for the Paarl region where he decided to try the 2003 Vansha Dry Red, the second label produced by Ridgeback […]

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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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