** 2021 UPDATE ** The 2021 Trooping the Colour ceremony in which Her Majesty the Queen participates will be taking place on Saturday 12 June 2021 (with two rehearsals on 29 May and 5 June). Seated ticket prices for the stands around Horseguards Parade are as follows: £40.00 each for Trooping the Colour on 12 June […]
Click here for a full portionYellowtail “sandwiches” for IMBB#5
Well, despite all my good intentions, I have spent a week at home in South Africa doing NOTHING but relaxing and eating – and not blogging at all! I have missed it but I really have not had the time… 🙁 But I do realise that I have SOME responsibility to the readers and my […]
Click here for a full portionHenley Wine Fair, May 2004
Last Monday was a public holiday here in the UK and for a change, the weather was lovely and Nick wasn’t rowing. Instead, we slept a little late and then took the train out to Henley-on-Thames for the second annual Henley Wine Fair. Henley is always lovely and it was quite unusual to be there […]
Click here for a full portionHoney-roast chicken: how chicken is meant to taste
Don’t you love making a dish that makes you feel as if you are ten years old again? It has to be something that gets really down-and-dirty messy and involves you getting elbow-deep in ingredients, but preferably also something reasonably simple.
Click here for a full portionChicken breasts in a tomato and chickpea sauce on vegetable couscous
Here’s what we had for dinner last night – I didn’t want anything to rich and creamy (trying to be virtuous, hahahaha!), I didn’t want anything too fussy and I had 2 chicken breasts in the fridge that needed eating – so here’s the end result. Truly delicious!!
Click here for a full portionDesperately seeking… boerewors
I had a request from Pim regarding my IMBB contribution of South African risotto. Pim wondered what she could substitute for boerewors in this recipe as she did not think she would be able to find boerewors in the US. Au contraire, Pim!! South Africans are well-travelled bunch & we don’t like to be […]
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