I admit it. I love kitsch. But not just any kitsch. Specifically that peculiarly, joyously colorful, sundrenched African kitsch. It stops me in my tracks. It speaks to me on some visceral level. It beckons with little cameos of home.
It wasn’t always that way. Growing up I was [...]

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Fragrant piles of bite sized crispy biscuits are my idea of heaven, and these bitter cocoa butterflies certainly deliver. Simple to make, they rely on excellent quality pure cocoa, so don’t bother with an adulterated, sweetened brand.
Originally taken from Regan Daley’s book ‘In the Sweet Kitchen’, I have made these so many times I [...]

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The Eat In RMB Private Bank SA Produce Awards are a showcase and much deserved acknowledgment of those small private and artisan suppliers and producers who are uncompromisingly swimming against the current. Having grown up in a commercial kitchen where my mother ALWAYS championed small, local, artisan producers this is not a new concept [...]

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A week or so ago I was tagged for a MEME by Anne of Anne’s Food. She was one of the first bloggers I started reading and I’ve always been drawn to her clean clear style, so different from my wildly undisciplined ramblings. She has a few other points in her favour, not [...]

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This one’s for Marye, following her request for me to ‘post something yummy!’ And what could be more yummy than a chocolate profiterole. Okay, a whole pile of them! True! But only if you vote for me. Blackmail? I prefer to think of it as gentle persuasion.
First [...]

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