Archive for the 'mothers' Category

We wish you an Advent - ful month!

Today is the first day of December which in our house means the advent calendars come out. Over the years we have had some really lovely ones. Last year we had a beautiful cut out photograph of the Basilica San Marco in Venezia. It’s one of my favourite buildings, with all the [...]

Apples & Thyme #2

Yep, it’s true. We’re doing it again. Why? Well, about ten days into the first Apples & Thyme event last month, it became clear to Jeni and I that this was an event that touched a huge amount of people. We had a fantastic response, not just in numbers, but in [...]

Apples & Thyme #1 The roundup

Well, I know I love my mom, but I had no idea that so many of you out there are just as passionate as I am about your moms, grannies, nanas, aunties, surrogate mothers and grandmothers, mother-in-laws, and any other women that shaped and moulded you into who you are today . (To be fair, [...]

. On the banks of the Umgezi

My mother has just called me. She has just finished reading my post about the Apples & Thyme event, being a celebration of mothers and their influence on how we cook and eat. As a result, she informs me, this story popped into her head, the memory as clear as the day it happened. ‘Bubbles’ [...]