As most readers will know, there has been a proliferation of monthly food blog events, like Is My Blog Burning?, Worldwide Wine Blogging Wednesday, Does My Blog Look Good in This? , Sugar High Fridays and now, the Paper Chef. It can be a bit overwhelming trying to participate in all of them – so […]
Click here for a full portionWWBW4 New World Riesling – Danie De Wet Riesling
Where has the month gone? It seems like just the other day that I was writing a WWBW post at this same desk, but my calendar tells me that the next WWBW is already upon us, so it must have been a month ago! This month Derrick from An Obsession with Food has chosen New World […]
Click here for a full portionA South African lunch in London
As I mentioned in a previous post, a couple of weeks ago I hosted a lunch at home as a kind of reunion of our fellow-Beerfest attendees. Out group were pretty varied in nationality – Australian, New Zealand, Mexican and (of course!) South African – so we decided it might be fun to invite each […]
Click here for a full portionGordon Ramsay at Claridge’s [CLOSED]
As I have mentioned before, at the beginning of last month my friend Greg from Australia stayed with us for a week. As he is as chronic a foodie as I am, much of the week was spent talking about, cooking, eating and photographing food – what bliss!! Before he had even boarded his Qantas […]
Click here for a full portionParis photo album and some black and whites
At last! You were probably beginning to think I was kidding about having taken loads of photographs in Paris (and various other locations) as you have never seen them… But all that is about to change with the launch of my photo albums! Currently there are only two worth looking at (Paris Aug 04 and […]
Click here for a full portionMunich Oktoberfest 2004 – Part III
After Saturday’s disappointment (rain prevented us from getting into even one beer tent), we had resolved to get into the festival tents on Sunday even if it was the last living thing we did! After an early breakfast (have to marshal your resources before hitting the tents!) I tried to call Martina – no luck. […]
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