Kalyn’s spicy roast chickpeas
Those of you who have read my first column for Food24 will know that Valentine's Day is probably not my most hotly anticipated holiday of the year. OK, it probably does have something to do with the...
View ArticleChickpea & paprika crostini
Right – who’s up for a little chickpea quiz (written by sterretjie101 over at www.funtrivia.com)? No peeking at the answers now… Let’s see who REALLY loves this legume. 1. The chickpea belongs to...
View ArticleSerrano ham, goats cheese & honey crostini for a housewarming
Housewarming. Isn’t it a lovely word? Apparently the term is related to the ancient practice of taking embers from the fire of an old house to start the first fire in the new house. These days,...
View ArticleBrie, fig, Parma ham & rocket baguettes for our Henley Regatta picnic
Given the distinct lack of activity around here lately, you'd be forgiven for thinking that I have given up eating entirely. Fear not, gentle readers! Luckily for you and unluckily for my hips, this...
View ArticleCheese crackers – perfect with goats’ cheese and apples
I'm a sucker for figures of speech – which is a good thing because the Afrikaans language (which is my mother tongue) is particularly richly endowed with them! One figure of speech that we have in...
View ArticleEmergency tomato pesto & olive crostini, and some housekeeping
So let’s talk housekeeping first, and no, I’m not talking about the vacuuming, the dusting and the ironing. It’s CookSister housekeeping (which is a lot more fun anyway!). H2ope for Haiti update – and...
View ArticleSpicy roasted pumpkin seeds
One day I found two pumpkin seeds.I planted one and pulled the weeds.It sprouted roots and a big, long vine.A pumpkin grew; I called it mine.The pumpkin was quite round and fat.(I really am quite...
View ArticlePerfect palmiers with pistounade from Provence
Hyperbole. Litotes. Alliteration. Onomatopeoia. Pun. Oxymoron. Hands up – who knows which of the above literary devices I used in the title to this post? You see, despite this glossy facade of...
View ArticlePeppadew cheese puffs – perfect Christmas canapés
Just like living with other people, living alone is something every adult should experience for themselves. Living with other people teaches you about compromise and consideration for others; living...
View ArticleTomato, olive & basil bruschetta
“The only constant in life is change”, said Greek philosopher Herakleitos, a good half century before the birth of Christ – and nothing seems to have changed since (if you’ll pardon the pun). And if...
View ArticleCourgette & feta terrine with a roasted red pepper chipotle coulis
Do you think you have a fairly good working knowledge of internationally recognised celebratory days? Christmas, New year, Eid, Chinese New year, Diwali, Easter, International Women’s Day, World AIDS...
View ArticleHow to make fried stuffed zucchini flowers
There is a wonderful anecdote that I came across recently that purports to date back to the days of British colonial rule in India. The British government had become concerned about the number of...
View ArticleHalloumi, roasted grape & pecan salad
So – 2015! How on earth did that happen? My father once told me that the older he got, the more he tended not to remember individual years but rather just decades – and I am beginning to understand...
View ArticleSmashed pea, feta and mint crostini
Familiarity breeds contempt – so goes the well-known saying. And it is true: things which we find terrifying or awe-inspiring or in any other way remarkable, quickly lose that remarkableness the more...
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