Ask people what they know about famous illusionist and escapologist Harry Houdini and they will probably mention two things. The first is his famous Chinese (...)
I must admit that I have been on a bit of an Italian binge lately. Not surprising, seeing as recently at the very tail end of winter the universe suddenly (...)
Souskluitjies south african cinnamon dumplings for imbb #7
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Last night, I tasted my childhood. And it would probably never have happened had it not been for Alberto’s wonderful brainchild “Is My Blog Burning?” The theme (...)
Warm potato salad with red onion, dill and wholegrain mustard
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Some things are just better warm. The weather. Bread. Feet. Showers. And, umm, salads. Well, that's what my brother used to tell my mom when she made potato (...)
Last week, a friend’s son whom I have watched growing up from gangly young teenager to positively delightful, kind, clever,funny young man, commented on one of (...)
Scotland. Land of whisky, lochs and tartans. Land of the Edinburgh festival, mountains and Macbeth. Land of bagpipes, kilts and sporrans. Land of Sean Connery, (...)
I was recently asked whether I’d be more likely to return to a restaurant where I’d had outstanding food but poor service; or a restaurant where I had mediocre (...)
Scenes from a braai i – pork fillet stuffed with pear and sage
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So as I mentioned, a couple of weeks ago we managed to attend three braais in as many days and each of these featured at least one great recipe. The first of (...)
And so after all the highs, lows, drama, medals and excitement of the past two weeks, the London 2012 Summer Olympics finally drew to a close on Sunday night (...)
Sous vide duck breasts with orange and Cointreau sauce
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Christmas traditions – they’re a funny old lot, aren’t they? For a start, how did the idea of a snowy Christmas with frost on the windows and northern (...)
You’d think after my chastisement by the Internuts, I’d learn my lesson – but apparently I’m a slow learner (or I’m just plain otherwise!). Yes, folks, I’m (...)
Right after I finish my first self-help book Clear your freezer – fix your life! I am planning to start a sequel called For the Love of Leftovers. You heard it (...)
Yes, yes, you don’t have to remind me… Christmas is merely a warm, fuzzy memory by April. The daffodils are out, the shops are flogging Easter eggs and people (...)
“The time has come, the walrus said, to talk of many things; Of shoes and ships and sealing wax; of cabbages and kings…” So wrote Lewis Carroll in The Walrus (...)
Despite the fact that we have had nothing but dark clouds and rainstorms around here lately, rumour has it that summer has in fact arrived in the British (...)
I like to believe that things happen for a reason. The reason is sometimes frustratingly not apparent at the time when things are happening, but if you wait (...)
We’re funny creatures, human beings. We eat our sleekly packaged organic granola for breakfast; we spend our days at our computers talking on the Interwebs to (...)
Life likes to throw little surprises our way. Some of them are good. Like having something you lost returned to you by a good samaritan. Or being upgraded to (...)
Purple sprouting broccoli anchovy and pecorino pasta
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There are many things not to like about the weather in London. I don't like the fact that there will be a mini-heatwave the weekend after you pack away your (...)
Mustard-crusted pork chops with caramelized apple rings
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“Comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love” No, not from a Shakespeare sonnet but, surprisingly, from the Bible (Song of Solomon 2:5, to be exact) – a book (...)
Sometimes the universe is a funny place. You spend weeks and weeks in a state of semi-depression at the weather. Despite it officially being summer here in (...)
So. Have you ever indulged in a threesome? No, don't worry, CookSister has not suddenly turned into an adult site! I'm talking about one ingredient, prepared (...)
Living in a foreign country far from your family and friends has its ups and downs. For me, the upsides of London have included the incredible travel (...)
This just in: London experiences a whole day of summer over the weekend! A whole day! I will freely admit that I was almost hyperventilating with excitement (...)
