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Is it really true?

By E | Posted on: August 14, 2006
So I’m reading about the ancient Greeks and some of their ideas on the point of men and women in society – all this from Foucault’s The History of Sexuality. And it’s the usual … ‘the gods endowed each of the two sexes with different qualities. Physical traits, first of all: to men, who must [...]
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A bit of ol’ Jamie

By E | Posted on: August 1, 2006
My Puttanesca take on Jamie’s Pasta alla Norma (well, we all know it’s not “Jamie’s”. But the inspiration came from a picture in a magazine which was taken from a picture from his book. I wish I could say it came from an old woman I once grew to love in an Italian village. But [...]
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Uncovering the Mole

By E | Posted on: July 31, 2006
This is something I wrote a while ago. A year ago in fact. And it was posted on a friend’s blog. But friend’s blog never grew beyond that single post, so I am now reclaiming it… I recently came across this description of the difference between an academic and an intellectual: Intellectuals differ from ordinary [...]
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Sunday Roast

By E | Posted on: July 30, 2006
OK, so I started with dessert. A friend left some naartjies (tangerines? clementines?). As I mostly feel like tucking into a Golden Delicious when I’m in the mood for fruit, I decided to turn them into this cake. The recipe is for a moist orange cake, so I guess that makes it a moist naartjie [...]
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Pop

By E | Posted on: July 30, 2006
Well the first thing you should know about me is that I pop my popcorn in a pot. It requires a little labour, this is true. But the labour is just the secret of the process. I will share it with you: (feeds 1) Pour enough olive oil into a small pot to cover the [...]
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