When I started visiting Stellenbosch and Paarl the Cape winelands for the first time as a student, eating was the furthest thing from my and my companions’ minds. The main aim was to find wineries that did not charge you for tasting and then to schmooze the staff behind the tasting counter so that […]
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An exuberance of blossoms – February 2011 Because every girl deserves flowers on her birthday 🙂
Click here for a full portionGrilled nectarines with saffron and lavender syrup
When I first got to the UK in 2000, I embarked on a culinary voyage of discovery. Suddenly, berries that had cost half a month’s salary in South Africa (or simply weren’t available) were available on every supermarket shelf – and sometimes even available for free in the hedgerows around our house! The stuff I […]
Click here for a full portionHarbour House, Kalk Bay
Photo courtesy and © Harbour House website There are many things in this world between which there are proportional relationships. Sometimes, this is a direct proportional relationship: the more you exercise, the fitter you get; the likelihood of the photocopier breaking is directly proprtional to the importance of the job you are copying; or you […]
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Me and my shadow – Chatel, France
Click here for a full portionChalet Cateriane – a luxury ski week in Chatel
Skiing is something that Nick and I only got round to relatively late in life. Unsurprising, really, considering that we grew up in a country where snow is unusual enough to make the evening news, and that had a sum total on one ski resort with one button lift! Nick took to it like […]
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