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. […]
Click here for a full portionSouth African Soetkoekies for IMBB #10
And so another month has come and gone, and another IMBB is upon us! I can’t believe this is already the tenth edition and the seventh one I have participated in – time really does fly when you’re having fun! “Is My Blog Burning”, a worldwide web cooking event and the brainchild of Alberto of […]
Click here for a full portionMunich Oktoberfest 2004 – Part II
Saturday morning, our second day in Munich, we woke up to find… rain. Hard and continuous and not part of our plan at all. But on the bright side, we did discover that our hotel served a damn fine breakfast – in fact one of the best continental breakfasts I’ve had. Good juice, great coffee […]
Click here for a full portionSalad Nicoise a la Cooksister
A month or two ago, when it was still warm enough to want a salad for dinner, I made one of my favourite salad meals – salad Nicoise. It was appropriate in light of the fact that we were soon going to be heading for Nice and the south of France where this dish originates, […]
Click here for a full portionMunich Oktoberfest 2004 – Part I
As promised, I am digging into the vaults and finding posts that should have been made weeks (if not months!) ago – and one of them is an account of our trip to the Munich Oktoberfest at the end of September. This was our second trip – last year we were persuaded to go by […]
Click here for a full portionBicerin – my new favourite hot chocolate
The sun sets at about 4 pm, my garden is dying, I am wearing my winter coat every day now and fantasising about new gloves… yep, it must be winter in London. And coming from sunnier climes, I find this the most, erm, challenging time to live here. The only things to get me through […]
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