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Fry Day

By E | Posted on: September 22, 2006
It’s been a dangerous week. And I’m not sure that the past tense is adequate. I’m in one of those whirlpools of 1000 things to do, 3 of which get half done while the thought of the rest paralyses. So, in lieu of stealing time to write anything interesting, I’ll just hook you up with [...]
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Seriously now, some things to consider…

By E | Posted on: September 16, 2006
Check out The Nation’s Food Issue (aptly dated 9/11).
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I am that I am

By E | Posted on: September 15, 2006
Once I got it into my head that I should become a chef. So off I went to chef school. We went to class and looked like this and we learned to make things like this (That’s real Danish pastry, of course. Wienerbrød.) and this: (That’s really marzipan. I promise) Even the famous horn-of-plenty: How [...]
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flower mountain

By E | Posted on: September 14, 2006
  Just back from three days of luxury. It was at a place called Mont Fleur, in Stellenbosch, a.k.a the lovely Cape winelands. Let’s see, a typical day: breakfast at 8, comprising the usual full spread (hot or cold, healthy or British, whatever, all with home-made bread and preserves). Tea at 10, with fresh scones, [...]
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Page of Sage

By E | Posted on: September 9, 2006
So. Yes, it’s been a while. (Anyone else notice how the good old “while” has been speeding up lately? It just comes and goes, comes and goes.) The week did not start on a good note. On Monday I met some bad mussels. They were good(ish) when I ate them but then something happened and [...]
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Bing-je-ling, it’s spring

By E | Posted on: September 1, 2006
So I’m supposed to be cleaning my flat. I promised my mother I would. I would put on some nice music, tidy up my mess, and then take a walk down to Kloof Street for a cup of coffee. She’s good at helping me come up with little plans to cheer myself up, my mother. [...]
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So that’s it then?

By E | Posted on: August 30, 2006
This is scary: ‘Having ignored reality for years, newspapers are at last doing something. In order to cut costs, they are already spending less on journalism. Many are also trying to attract younger readers by shifting the mix of their stories towards entertainment, lifestyle and subjects that may seem more relevant to people’s daily lives [...]
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Let me not

By E | Posted on: August 28, 2006
mislead you into thinking that all the time I am not posting anything here I am busy reading Marx. That would be a misrepresentation. In fact I’ve been involved in some indulgent socialising. On Saturday night there was the rabbit fiesta. The specific recipe was taken from this book, I believe: Unfortunately I didn’t get [...]
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On the question of what to do with your mind

By E | Posted on: August 24, 2006
Some of my friends tease me because I sometimes get animated about things I am learning. If I get a chance, I think I tend to go on abit. And I agree, it can be boring to listen to someone going on. But at the same time, how can you not talk about stuff that [...]
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Media

By E | Posted on: August 21, 2006
I’ve just read this line: ‘…a strategy is needed that defends the media from both public and private power, and enables the media to serve the wider public through critical surveillance of all those in authority’. It comes from an essay on the so-called watchdog function of the media (this can be interpreted in many [...]
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