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Train smash and mieliepap: braai side dishes

by Jeanne Horak on July 28, 2004 9 Comments in Braai/Barbecue, Gluten-free, Sauces & dips, South African

Cooksister-tomato

Well, as promised in my recent post on stuffed beef fillet on the braai for IMBB6, I have put together a few authentically South African side dishes for a braai or barbecue. As I mentioned in the original post, braais have come a long way since the days of our forefathers and today you are […]

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Cured ham and roast fig salad (plus herb crusted kingklip fillets)

by Jeanne Horak on July 21, 2004 1 Comment in Fish, Starters & light meals

FigSalad 2004

Some nights I get home and all I can face cooking is a pot of pasta with olive oil and Parmesan. Or frozen fish and chips, oven-baked while I lie, semi-catatonic, in front of the TV. Or a can of soup. But then there are nights like last night when I spend most of the […]

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Beef fillet stuffed with smoked oysters on the braai for IMBB#6

by Jeanne Horak on July 19, 2004 12 Comments in Braai/Barbecue, Is My Blog Burning?, Low-carb, Main course - meat, South African

StuffedFilletOnTheWeber

Well, another not-particularly-summery Sunday in London has passed – but at least it stayed dry and the sun did shine at intervals, so it was possible for us to do a proper barbecue for IMBB6! As I said at the time when the date was announced, I was positively thrilled to discover that the theme […]

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Biltong – it’s what makes us South African!

by Jeanne Horak on July 13, 2004 10 Comments in South African products

Biltong © J Horak 2004

South Africans (and Zimbabweans) have known it for years – and it seems that the rest of the world is finally coming around to our way of thinking. Check out this brief article in today’s Metro newspaper in London: “Parents trying to soothe their teething babies are turning to air-dried spiced meat. Butcher Henry Viviers […]

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Baked rolled fish fillets with a mustard cream sauce

by Jeanne Horak on June 30, 2004 5 Comments in Fish, Gluten-free

Baked fish in mustard sauce with brussels sprouts

Well, the heady excitement of Is My Blog Burning 5 is now, sadly, a thing of the past. But with my recent visit home to South Africa and all the fish I saw on the menu there (post still to follow, I promise), I can’t seem to get the fishy theme out of my head.

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Mmmm… Cholesterol!

by Jeanne Horak on June 26, 2004 3 Comments in Food for thought

Cooksister-tomato

I have a dirty little secret. Well, a couple, really – I need my regular MSG fix and I am a slave to salt. Hell, I figure I deserve SOME toxins in my life, since I have never smoked a single cigarette, never used recreational drugs, and (since I finished studying!!) I only very occasionally […]

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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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