Orange Hot Chocolate
Merlot and I both have a tendency to gain weight in winter. She does because she stops chasing butterflies and sleeps on my cream couch all day long. I also spend indecent amounts of time on said couch, but if I were honest, I’d have to admit that it’s probably the pies, crumbles and cobblers I turn to for comfort [...]
Can’t-fail pancake (crepe) recipe
“Two nations separated by a common language…” Whether you credit George Bernard Shaw for this witticism about England and America or my all-time favourite, Oscar Wilde, what I can tell you is that my personal travel experiences in the US of A confirm this. Here in ‘Sefarika’ we tend to go with the Queen’s English, albeit with what some call [...]
pasta with lamb ragu
People aren’t all the same and that’s probably a good thing. I can’t begin to image how epically boring a place the world would be if they were. Unfortunately this different-strokes-for-different-folks thing is a bit of pain when it comes to writing recipes. Take my friend Betty (not her real name, as she would NOT be amused). She pecks at [...]
Chocolate mousse Easter eggs
"How did it get so late so soon? It’s night before it’s afternoon. December is here before it’s June. My goodness how the time has flown. How did it get so late so soon?" ~ Dr. Seuss That folks, in a nutshell, is exactly how I feel. I had a lovely little soup lined up for this post. Until last [...]
Cinnamon Dumplings (Souskluitjies)
When I think of my gran, I think leg of lamb, cooked long and slow until it’s fall-of-the-bone soft. I think chicken pie with hints of clove. And steamed ginger pud with egg custard and home-made Ideal Milk ice cream. She may not be around anymore, but she’s still with me in my kitchen – every time I page through [...]
Smokey barbecued corn on the cob
Corn on the cob (or as we South Africans prefer to call them, mealies) remind me of cute grade one kids with missing teeth and ponytails. I’m not referring to the sterile shop versions that have been plucked, waxed and topped and tailed until they’re perfect physical specimens. I’m talking proper corn on the cob, the ones sleeping soundly inside [...]