It’s time to get cooking with biltong again. This month I’ve gone for something completely different. I got the inspiration from Spanish and Mexican dishes I’ve eaten which combine eggs and tomatoes really well. My thinking was why not add biltong? It really works and it’s good to serve up something new for people to […]
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Our Italian reunion at 95 Keerom
If you’re a regular reader of my blog you may recall that I went to the Emilia Romagna region of Italy last year with my sister-in-law, Perry, and two friends Christa and Sarah. We had a fabulous time So when we were all going to be in Cape Town at the same time we simply […]
Lovely lunch at Eikendal…and it got me thinking
Last week I met up with my friend Jeanine, her parents and my mother for lunch at Eikendal in the Winelands. Jeanine’s family and mine grew up together, her sister Sharon is my best friend from school and we spent most of our teenage lives at each other’s houses. We’ve stayed in touch through the […]
Time to sit back and relax at Kloof Street House
Kloof Street in Cape Town is a very busy place. It’s packed with shops, cafes and restaurants in the distance of about a kilometre. My cousin Sal recently went to a newly opened restaurant there – something I’ve found much few of this year in South Africa (though my quest continues). So we agreed to […]
Time for music and live concerts
So my blog’s mainly about food…okay all about food (though I have blogged about shoes once). But I felt the need to talk about music…something I am not an expert on. Well, I love singing and I’m very average at it, and that’s being generous to myself. But I do feel that instant emotion when […]
Chicken, litchi and cucumber salad
Another fantastically easy salad. I had roast chicken left in the fridge from the weekend so came up with a combination of light, summery ingredients that I could match with them. A delicious combo. 10 litchis, peeled, destoned and halved 1 small cucumber, cut into ribbons using a vegetable peeler 1 packet of microleaves, pea […]