Recipes by Jeanne Horak-Druiff
United Kingdom Chef
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Rhubarb strawberry and ginger tartsRead all the existentialist philosophersLike Schopenhauer and Jean-Paul Sartre,Even Martin Heidegger agreed on one thing:Eternal happiness is rhubarb tart.A rhubarb what? A rhubarb tartJean-Paul who? Jean Paul Sartre.Eternal happiness is rhubarb tart.Thus spake the irrepressible Monty Python crew. And as far as I'm concerned,… |
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Chickpea and chorizo stewWouldn’t it be good if life could always be as simple as it is on holiday?No panic about switching off the alarm and going back to sleep for an hour.No having to make sandwiches for lunch in the morning while you are still half asleep.No energy-sapping commute with miserable fellow-commuters.No worrying about what to wear – the… |
2 votes
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Menu for Hope 6 goes live - bid, bid, bid!Menu for Hope 6 goes live – bid, bid, bid!by Jeanne on December 14, 20094 Comments in UncategorizedIf it’s nearly Christmas, then it must be time for Menu for Hope.The Menu for Hope event is the brainchild of Pim and takes place once a year around Christmas. For those of you who aren’t familiar with it, the campaign involves food… |
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The ghost of Christmas past - and that perfect roast gammon recipe againI am an obsessive recorder of events - both in writing and on film. One look at my numerous boxes and albums of photos will confirm this beyond a shadow of a doubt. My husband sees it as some sort of strange hoarding instinct - I see it very much in… |
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Tiramisu - a new year pick-me-upAnybody else feel like they need a little pick-me-up today?It's been all go here since I was a speaker at Food Blogger Connect in November. The conference was followed by a crazy week at work, after which I left for 2 weeks in South Africa, returning exactly four days before Christmas. In fact, just in time to plan and shop for the… |
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Boeuf Bourguignon for a happy new year - and a snowy dayWell, there's no denying it - it's definitely 2010. I know this because the calendar tells me so, because I distinctly recall a big party about a week ago with bubbly wine, and I'm sure some people in my garden were yelling "HAPPY NEW YEAR!" while fireworks went off in the background. These are pretty convincing signs... :)So how… |
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Cape Town - a culinary snapshotWhat’s your country’s cuisine in a nutshell?We have a real Rainbow cuisine because of our eventful history! Obviously, there is the indigenous African cuisine which tends to be rib-sticking wholesome food using local ingredients like wild spinach (marogo) and maize meal. Then there is the influence of the Dutch settlers who brought… |
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Cheese crackers - perfect with goats' cheese and applesI'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 abundance is adjectives in their intensive form - English has a few (snow white, blood red), but Afrikaans has loads! Stroopsoet… |
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Vivat Bacchus, London BridgeSo did you hear the one about the girl who called up a couple of central London restaurants one Friday afternoon, asking: “Hello, do you have a table for eleven people available for dinner tomorrow evening? Yes, that’s this Saturday evening I’m talking about, and I’d like the table at 19h30.”OK, so those of you who live in London… |
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Sun-dried tomato and aubergine pasta - the food of loveIf you had told me nine years ago that I would still be living in London today, I would have laughed my head off and told you you were crazy.If you had told me nine years ago that I would someday have two adorable nephews who love me, tease me and make me laugh, I would have been thrilled.If you had told me nine years ago that I was… |
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