This month I was given Kate’s Kitchen as my Secret Recipe Club blogger. Kate is a financial planner by profession, who lives to eat and has therefore learned to cook. Her love for food comes through very clearly on her blog. We have many … Continue reading
In South Africa we have an organization that relies mostly on donations for funding. They receive a donation from a corporation of R50 000 (€5 000) per month. They need to raise R2 000 000 per year in order to … Continue reading
I was invited to attend a function by Astral Foods at Jenny Morris’s The Cooks Playground. Astral Foods have under their umbrella Goldi Chicken, Festive, Early Bird Farm, County Fair as well as several other chicken, and chicken feed brands. The … Continue reading
When we first to moved to Gordons Bay we were on a serious budget. My grocery bill was carefully calculated and there was no disposable income to spend on any luxury what so ever. Slowly but surely I got to … Continue reading
When Jamie posted the challenge to the Monthly Mingle I was stumped. I thought long and hard about what French food meant to me. And once I thought of all the real French dishes I love, I had to think which ones … Continue reading
When I joined The Secret Recipe Club, my first post was a slight let down, as the person I was assigned did not bother to come along and comment on my post. Well, déjà vu struck when I moved to … Continue reading
I can tell how far my recipe development has come along from my first post on Snoek Pâté to this one. I have a note book in my kitchen and each time I make something I want to blog about I write … Continue reading
I have joined another blogging group! Basically, I am doing this so that some of the blogs I write don’t need much thought. It is because I have been so busy, and because I am so far behind in blogging. … Continue reading
A few years ago Dave and I decided that we would get a new side by side freezer/fridge for our joint Christmas present. The one I wanted will not fit into our new kitchen and so I had to settle … Continue reading
I can hear everyone saying – but pasta is Italian! Actually, pasta did not originate in Italy, but rather in China. It was however the Italians who have regulated the making of pasta – durum wheat only, and who taught … Continue reading