african vanielje on Jul 01 2008 | Filed under: Fruit, WTSIM..., baking, food blogging event, sweet kitchen
Doesn’t this photo just say it all. Summer on a plate. I defy anyone not to dive in when a platter of these makes its appearance at any summer party. I can barely believe that these were an afterthought. They were the leftovers from a batch of puff pastry I made [...]
african vanielje on Mar 05 2008 | Filed under: WTSIM..., awards, food blogging event, food blogs, meme
I have quite a bit of catching up to do as I have been a bit blogging lazy lately. So first to the nice bits. Thank you so much to Marye of Baking Delights, one of my favourite reads, not least because she always does great roundups of what’s worth reading in the [...]
african vanielje on Nov 27 2007 | Filed under: Africa, WTSIM..., baking, food blogging event
On Saturday it was my great Aunt’s 70th Birthday. Her choice of celebration was for all the girls in the family, with an age range from her 3 score year and ten down to Ella who is a tiny blond pixie-like six, to go to the famous Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town for afternoon [...]
african vanielje on Sep 28 2007 | Filed under: WTSIM..., chilli
It’s that time of year when there seems to be a lot of excess in the garden, but nothing that really stands alone as a meal. The apples are falling off the trees, the last of the lettuce is going to seed, the marrows and courgettes have multiplied beyond belief and there seem to be [...]
