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Burger schmurger

Burger schmurger

By E on July 24, 2011

Two weeks or so ago the Philosophe asked if I would consent to being all ‘Capetonian’ and hitting the Loading Bay for a burger. The Loading Bay, for all non-Capetonians (and that includes some of you who actually live in the city but who – like ourselves – roll on different wheels), is a clothing-accessory [...]

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Birthday tripping

Birthday tripping

By E on July 4, 2011

I have a birthday coming up in a few days, and for the first time in years (ever?), I am quite happy to let it pass quietly by. See, I’ve just spent 14 days in various manifestations of the pictures above: mostly on a boat (pictured centrally, she is Isola Bella, the beautiful island), where [...]

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Gone boating (and perhaps fishing)

Gone boating (and perhaps fishing)

By E on June 10, 2011

If I were a (better) food blogger, I would have spent all yesterday evening taking pictures of the wonderful food we ate (again) at the much-loved Test Kitchen, and then all morning uploading them for you, dear reader, to drool over. These pages would similarly be dripping with pictures of fantastic plates of fillet, osso [...]

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Brownies, redux: Trust no-one!

Brownies, redux: Trust no-one!

By E on May 18, 2011

While the rest of South Africa is out doing something important today, I though I should do something important to. So I made brownies. Again. Yawn. I know, I have said it time and again that I will stop this madness. But wait! This time I cracked it. Let me be clear: I have not [...]

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Lessons (re-)learned from Thor 3D

Lessons (re-)learned from Thor 3D

By E on May 6, 2011

On the film: 1. Do not trust IMDB ratings (7.6: really?). 2. Do not be fooled by the quality connotations of “Kenneth Branagh” or “Anthony Hopkins”. 3. Do not expect visual wonders from “3D”: here it was obviously just a ploy to sell you stoopid glasses @R6 each. 4. Natalie Portman does not make everything [...]

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Kenwood brings you… the exploding brownie!

Kenwood brings you… the exploding brownie!

By E on May 4, 2011

Today is my honorary birthday. Which means today is the day that I acquired my first-ever (!!!) stand-mixer (!!!), which is a very early birthday present from my darling Philosophe (and to all those who think kitchen appliances are not cool birthday gifts: you are just wrong. They bring joy to all). I admit I’ve [...]

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Making a milkshake out of yoghurt

Making a milkshake out of yoghurt

By E on April 18, 2011

I have been reading (and writing) about Mr. Oliver’s latest LA venture for some time now, but I didn’t get to *enjoy* the full spectacle of the first episode until last night. Late at night was a stupid time to watch, because it sent me to bed depressed. Smite me with your bleeding heart if [...]

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Learning to Rest in Peace

By E on April 13, 2011

Life is scary. We get bad news every day (and now even more bad news at an even faster rate, thanks to Twitter et al). Most of it is distant, thank goodness. Bad stuff generally happens to other people. But every so often, the degrees of separation become uncomfortable close. A friend’s mother passes away. [...]

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Pop that in your corn and smoke it

Pop that in your corn and smoke it

By E on March 26, 2011

So Heston Blumenthal has been entertaining his viewers (me) with some more fascinatingly cringe-worthy television with his/Channel 4′s latest Mission Impossible (or as someone else puts it, his Michelin Impossible). Brief: take world’s UK’s quackiest chef, put him in places where he does not belong, turn on liquid nitrogen, watch. That is, watch him try [...]

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Alton Brown-ies (or, glutton for punishment?)

Alton Brown-ies (or, glutton for punishment?)

By E on March 6, 2011

Being an honorary South African (or Swazi, or Dane), I am a relative latecomer to the phenomenon of Alton Brown – who, as per above, has apparently been teaching (American) geeks how to cook since 1999. He’s entertaining and whacky in a Heston Blumenthal sort of way, except the comparison stops at invention: they’re both [...]

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