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A wine worth waiting for
A little over two years ago I hid a special bottle of wine in a special cake. You can’t see much here, but this is me revealing my surprise to my new husband.
I chose it because he told me it was his favourite. I had never tasted it myself, and since that day I’ve been [...]
Gotcha!
I was so annoyed when I blogged about Killer At Large last night that I forgot to mention one of my main irritations during the film. That was probably as it should be, because I needed to do a little research to confirm my suspicions, and now I have.
About half way through the film, we [...]
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The killers at large
So I’m watching this documentary, Killer At Large. It’s about obesity, in case you missed the pun. And after one talking head in the form of a rabbi, I start noticing how more and more talking heads are actually talking churches. There’s the imam, there’s the reverend, there’s the monseigneur. This must be truly “objective”, [...]
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Bye Bye Peanuts
Peanuts. I’ve always loved them. I like most kinds of nuts, and most kinds of peanuts, but really none more than these pictured here. Grown in Swaziland, and roasted by Hansen women in kitchens around the world (including in Swaziland). The recipe is secret, so there’ll be no instructions here. Suffice it to say that [...]
The month that was
So we cruise into February, and somehow our house is still full of builders’ dust. But at least there are things to show for it, like a newly tiled balcony from which to watch the sunset and sausages crisping on the braai.
And, inspired by surprisingly great eggs benedict at the famed Roundhouse Restaurant, I set [...]
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Beautiful chicken
I’m experiencing the photography dilemma again. Taking a picture of a roast chicken is crap! It looked so good, and smelt so damn fine, that I had to collect my husband to watch me pull it out of the oven.
“It’s beautiful!” I said.
“It’s beautiful?” he responded, with that sceptic’s smirk of his.
Well yes, and I [...]
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When life gives you lemons
you obviously slice them thinly before caramelising in butter, maple syrup and chilli flakes:
Then chop them finely (including as much lemony goo as possible from the pan), and add them to a salad:
(This is particularly good with spicy fishcakes).
When life gives you ginger, on the other hand, I suggest you send it through the food [...]
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1 down, 51 to go
As arbitrary as year changes often are, I definitely prefer the end of week 1 in January to the end of week 52 in December. Gone are the silly pressures about what to do to stay up till midnight – and beyond – on some prescribed day (rebels that we are, we simply ignored this [...]
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