As far as I know, the biggest farmers of strawberries in our region are the Zetler’s. These family run farms dot the Stellenbosch region and they have three stores from which you can purchase fresh strawberries. You can also go … Continue reading
This month, the I made it challenge set by Blue Jelly Beans was for croissants and pain au chocolat. I had already made croissants using a Viennese recipe and so I decided for the pain au chocolat I would use … Continue reading
The I MADE IT challenge for this month was to make monkey bread. Some days I feel like this monkey bread must feel when people start eating it – all torn up in different directions. I set last week Sunday aside … Continue reading
Cherry season is short lived in South Africa and as soon as I see cherries in the fridge at our local supermarket I buy them. Dave does not like cherries at all, so I can enjoy punnet after punnet without … Continue reading
I am not sure what I was thinking of when I decided to make an ice cream using pickled ginger. I had made my own pickled ginger to use up some fresh ginger before it went to waste and as … Continue reading
A while back Jane-Anne tweeted asking a question about her sourdough. Celia, from Fig Jam and Lime Cordial, is the sourdough expert in my opinion, and so I directed Jane-Anne to Celia. Serendipity prevailed, and the very same day Celia blogged … Continue reading
Summer has been an absolutely fun time of experimenting with ice cream flavours. There are so many in my freezer that I could open my own gelateria. I have taken to labelling them so that we know which flavour is … Continue reading
In my mind there are always two things I associate with Italy and that is espresso and gelato. Not a day goes by while we are in Italy without Dave and I stopping off a few times for a quick … Continue reading
Bread is not something I eat every day as it tends to find its place on my hips far too readily. I spent a lot of time in my December holidays experimenting with different bread recipes for my bread maker, … Continue reading
With the internet not playing friendly during my leave break nothing has gone to plan. I’ve been writing my blog drafts on my BlackBerry and hoping against hope to have enough access to the internet to post something. My blog … Continue reading