When my parents moved into my childhood home, I was two years old and my father was a suave new doctor in town. To get the word out to the other doctors in town that he had arrived and was available for referrals, he and my mom held a housewarming party. Guests parked at the […]
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Rocket – July 2013
Click here for a full portionBedford & Strand sherry and food pairing
Isn’t it funny how, despite living in London for many years and walking down a particular street many times, it is entirely possible to look straight past a particular shop or restaurant? When a friend of mine invited me to dinner at Bedford & Strand earlier this year and said it was in Bedford Street, […]
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Lost in thought – May 2013
Click here for a full portionPattypan squash pasta with capers, chilli and Parmesan
The Afrikaans language, my mother tongue, is nothing if not creative in its descriptions – and sometimes far more so than English. Think, for example, of: trapsuutjies (literally “step quietly”) = a chameleon haelgeweer (literally “hail gun”) = shotgun vangwa (literally “catching van”) = a police van luislang (literally “lazy snake”) = a python spookasem […]
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Orbit – Olympic Park, summer 2012
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