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Chez Panisse Café Cookbook I'm not sure when I purchased Chez Panisse Café Cookbook, but I was recently reminded of it. I love that the ethos of Alice Waters’ and her team is to cook seasonally. They shop locally and ensure that the produce they use is sustainably grown. Chapters are divided into: Vegetables Eggs … Continue reading Chez Panisse Café Cookbook, Alice Waters
Hailing from Lebanon, a fattoush is a bread salad. Mediterranean vegetables, such as tomatoes, radishes and cucumbers are added to the stale flatbread. Herbs are integral to this salad, as well as sumac to add a slightly sour taste. Head straight on to the Recipe For Fattoush ♥ Dave and I got our passports back from … Continue reading Recipe For Fattoush Salad Using Msemen
Msemen is a pancake like flatbread eaten in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. Traditionally it would be served for breakfast. I made ours for lunch, to eat with fattoush. Head straight on to the Recipe For Msemen ♥ I have had a year of hair dresser issues. In January I had my hair cut with my … Continue reading Recipe For Msemen, West African Flatbread
Elgin Railway Market Dave and I decided that a great way to spend a Saturday morning was to head to the Elgin Railway Market. They are open Friday, Saturday and Sundays and if you are in the mood, you can take the steam train there. However, we decided to take a drive and arrived shortly … Continue reading Elgin Railway Market, Western Cape South Africa
I made a huge batch of this baked pasta ragu. One is in our freezer at home for when we get back from overseas. A few others came to work for our lunches. And another went to James and Carli. This was to save them the task of cooking when they brought their baby home. … Continue reading Recipe For Baked Pasta Ragu
When you mention ragu, people automatically think of bolognese sauce. But, in Italy, a ragu pasta sauce is any sauce for pasta that contains meat. These sauces differ from region to region, and mine is Nothern Italian. It uses ground beef as the protein. Head straight on to the Recipe For Ragu Ragu Pasta Sauce ♥ … Continue reading Recipe For Ragu Pasta Sauce
King Georges Guesthouse Last month I booked 7 rooms at King Georges Guesthouse. We were going away for racing and needed to accommodate two teams. I prefer that we all stay together so a guest house large enough is key. Another important factor is parking as we have race cars on trailers. This is my second … Continue reading King Georges Guesthouse, Port Elizabeth
Pickled Red Onions are not Dave's favourite. I made them for a fattoush salad and only added them to my portion. Are you a fan? And if not, why? Head straight on to the Recipe For Pickled Red Onions ♥ After many years of being a chronic insomniac I have finally taught myself to sleep. … Continue reading Recipe For Pickled Red Onions
Eyes Like Mine opening line: The call comes in just after five in the morning. My blurb: Nora woke up pregnant. She does not know where she is, or how she got there. And as the story starts to unravel she realizes a few home truths. One, she has to stop drinking. Two, she cannot sing … Continue reading Book Review: Eyes Like Mine, Sheena Kamal
For quite a few weeks I was craving ginger biscuits. Then needing an excuse to try out my royal icing again I made these. The first bite was a huge relief of my utter need for the spice. The rest of the batch was just pure greed! Head straight on to the Recipe For Ginger … Continue reading Recipe For The Perfect Ginger Biscuits