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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.
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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”, [...]
All grown up
I guess it had to happen. Kind of like getting one’s wisdom teeth taken out, just so much better. You see, I’ve never had a new car before. Growing up with a father with big hands that seemed to work best smothered in car grease from fixing his latest jalopy somehow consigned us all to [...]
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Stuff that works
I like recipes that work. But there are so many – too many – out there, and it can be hard work picking the right one. In a world of mucho information and, as they say, too little time (and a strong predilection for endless comparison, and for distraction along other avenues, like discovering a [...]
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It’s Numberwang!
It’s Saturday, and because I’ve been buying apples and not eating them (it seems that I too, ‘emotionally … don’t always feel like an apple‘), I decided to bake an apple cake. When I told the Philosophe he laughed and said I couldn’t, because there’s no such thing as an apple cake. I don’t know [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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That’s Reality…wang.