Some people were born with blue eyes. Some people were born with blood type O. Some people were born with their ring finger longer than their index finger. Me? I was born with a high RC factor – resistance to change. I get it from my father, who manifested this factor all through his […]
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Homemade Choc-kit cookies – a South African treat
Have you noticed how many good things come in sandwich format? Whoopie pies, for one – like the indulgent red velvet ones that my friend Mowie brought around to my house when he came for lunch (and foraging!) a couple of weeks ago. Or macarons – like the raspberry tea & chocolate tahini ganache ones […]
Click here for a full portionDessie’s, Port Elizabeth
There are some restaurants that make me wish I were a successful, suited and booted male banker. You know, the types where the waitresses are all all over the men, but ignore all-female tables; where there are more single malt whiskies on the menu than cocktails; and where you choose your cigar from the climate controlled cigar […]
Click here for a full portionThe big reveal – my famous cupcakes!
I teased you last week with my muffcakes post – and now it’s time for a correction and the big reveal. First the big reveal – as you can see from the picture, my muffins are the new face of… Lurpak butter! They now refuse to get out of the oven for less than $10,000 🙂 […]
Click here for a full portionFame, fortune and muffcakes
When I was in high school, my parents wanted me to be a doctor. Other kids I knew wanted to be lawyers, physiotherapists and journalists. I wanted to be either a film director or an advertising copywriter. So clearly, three law degrees was the obvious next step for me 🙂 OK, so it’s a long […]
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