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Grand Hotel La Cloche de Dijon

by Jeanne Horak on October 27, 2013 5 Comments in France, Hotel reviews

HotelLaClocheDijonTitle © J Horak-Druiff 2013

After an action-packed few days exploring the culinary delights of the Vaucluse last summer, it was time for us to start the long journey home to London.  On the way down to the Vaucluse, we had stopped as little as possible, breaking our journey only to sleep at the Fasthotel outside Clermont Ferrand – a place […]

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Saturday Snapshots #270

by Jeanne Horak on October 26, 2013 4 Comments in Photography, Saturday Snapshots

PersianCat © J Horak-Druiff 2013

  A study in felinity, naturally monochrome – France, June 2012

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Azure restaurant @ 12 Apostles Hotel

by Jeanne Horak on October 25, 2013 6 Comments in South Africa restaurants

AzureTitle © J Horak-Druiff 2013

  The human mind is a funny thing.  It is so good at constructing a reality based on assumptions and preconceptions that it often pays scant attention to the actual realities going on around you.  I remember arriving at Johannesburg station one day in the mid-1980s with my family and my father renting a car […]

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Salsa verde with green tomatoes and the illusion of control

by Jeanne Horak on October 24, 2013 19 Comments in Dairy-free, Gluten-free, Sauces & dips, Vegan, Vegetarian

SalsaVerdeTitle © J Horak-Druiff 2013

In New York City, as in most cities throughout the world, there are thousands of traffic lights at intersections with pedestrian crossings, all fitted with buttons for pedestrians to press so that the light will go green for them.  Hour after hour, day in and day out,  tens of thousands of pedestrians do in fact […]

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Visiting the Vaucluse – a wild food foraging and cooking class in Brantes

by Jeanne Horak on October 21, 2013 28 Comments in Cooking classes, France

BrantesTitlePlate © J Horak-Druiff 2013 All rights reserved

As you drive down the Toulourenc valley road, hugging the majestic cliffs, with the mass of Mont Ventoux towering above you and the greenery pressing in on both sides of the road, you’d be forgiven for thinking that you were miles from human civilization, and that the GPS navigation system  had sent you on a […]

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WOSA Braaiday 2013 (and 2012) at High Timber

by Jeanne Horak on October 20, 2013 10 Comments in Wine & beer

WOSABraai2012Table © J Horak-Druiff 2013

 There are over 1,200  people calling themselves “social media evangelists” on LinkedIn.  I don’t pretend to be one of them – but I will happily admit to this:  I am a South African wine evangelist.  Or rather, I am an evangelist for all things South African!  I love my country, but I realise that some […]

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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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