I was threatened with divorce towards the end of last year – 25 times. Turns out I have more male readers than I realised and pretty much none of them found my festive season bias toward all things sweet particularly pleasing. I admit it’s been a while since I’ve done a big old hunk of meat. So this roast beef [...]
Week two of avoiding carbs and I’m doing just fine. In fact, I’m loving it. Mostly because in the last week I’ve managed to pack away sushi (erm, rice), a pork and roast fennel burger (erm, bread) and a seriously deevine little crayfish pasta dish I slapped together from my super secret crustacean freezer stash. I told myself if I [...]
Other than boerewors, beef is not something I braai very often. I simply think most cuts of beef respond better to other cooking methods. And at R140+ per kilo, beef steak – whether it be rump, sirloin or fillet – is not something I’m overly keen to feed the masses on. But last time I checked, a cow consisted of [...]
Old recipes, in case you didn’t get the memo, are the bomb. While I still haven’t really gotten my head around shrimp cocktail (iceberg lettuce and thousand island dressing may have scarred me for life), I am falling in love all over again with things like Beef Wellington, Crepes Suzettes and one of my all-time favourite retro nibbles, Caesar salad. [...]
When it comes to a braai, I’m as fond as the next guy of chop-’n-dop. But see here’s the thing – I suffer from a terminal case of DGS (Domestic Goddess Syndrome). I may not be one, but I do rather try, so for me chop-’n-dop simply doesn’t cut it for guests, even if it is just a braai. When [...]
Only 7 more sleeps to go before my favourite national holiday bar Christmas – National Braai Day. (For my Aussie and American readers, BRAAI = barbie/barbeque). Now I know calling it Braai Day instead of Heritage Day is tantamount to treason in the eyes of many a politician. Fortunately I don’t give a fig. Braai is my heritage and on [...]