Jumeirah beach cityscape, Dubai – September 2013
Click here for a full portionSpaghetti squash, feta and chilli risotto
“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans” – John Lennon So on Saturday 9 February I was planning to have quadrilogie de canard for lunch at LeVaffiue, Les Get in the French Alps. But life intervened and instead, I found myself lying in agony in the snow with a broken femur beside Le Yeti […]
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My last ever chair lift ride – Les Gets, France, February 2014
Click here for a full portionGuide to skiing in Trysil, Norway
When I announced to friends back in 2012 that I was going to be spending my Christmas skiing in Norway, their reactions could broadly classed into three camps: “You must be crazy – Christmas is too early for good snow!” “You must be crazy – there’s no daylight in Norway in December!” “You must be […]
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Big sky country – London docklands, August 2013
Click here for a full portionCarrot and cumin soup and a 66 Square Feet recipe book giveaway
There’s a wonderful Afrikaans poem called Sproeireën by DJ Opperman that starts: My nooi is in ‘n nartjie, my ouma in kaneel, daar’s iemand …. iemand in anys, daar’s ‘n vrou in elke geur! Roughly translated, this reads: “My sweetheart is in a clementine; my grandma is in cinnamon; there’s somebody… somebody in anise; there’s […]
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