I received a wonderful and aposite e-mail the other day with the subject line “You know you are getting middle aged when…”. Here are some gems from it: Your houseplants stay alive — and you can’t smoke any of them. You find yourself in a garden centre and actually recognise the names of some […]
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Autumn – London, November 2011
Click here for a full portionThe Depot, Barnes [permanently closed]
It’s funny how there are some restaurants you go to again and again, even though they may not be your favourites – places like Wagamamas and Pizza Express spring to mind, probably because they are so ubiquitous in London! Others are so lovely that you go again and again, even though they are milies […]
Click here for a full portionLavender and herb crusted roast lamb shoulder
If you enjoy reading CookSister and feel inclined to do so, I would love it if you cast your vote for me to win Best Food & Wine Blog and Best Photographic Blog in the 2011 South African Blog Awards. Thank you! I often wonder how any non-English native speaker learns to speak English […]
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Under Tuscan sun: Pistoia, Tuscany – October 2011
Click here for a full portionChicken, chorizo and Peppadew potjiekos
Synergy. It’s a great word – like energy, only better (and despite the way it sounds, no hint of sin!). It boils down to the notion that a cohesive group is more than the sum of its parts; that a group has the ability to outperform even its best individual member; and that teamwork will produce an overall better result […]
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