Recipes by Jeanne Horak-Druiff (Page 6)
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Zucchini, tomato pesto & Parmesan tartAbout thirteen years ago, I travelled to the USA with three of my dear friends Paul (he of the Famous Butternut Soup), Duncan and Adrian. Most of my friends who had been to the USA had been to New York, Las Vegas or San Francisco, all home to a multitude of tourist attractions. But not us. Oh no, we went to... Wisconsin.Nothing… |
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Curried vegetable potjiekosA colleague of mine recently returned from a week of watching FIFA 2010 World Cup football in South Africa. He said the football was so-so, but he loved the country - and the food. Because he stayed with friends rather than in a hotel, he really got to eat what the locals ate. The first thing he said to me when he got back was:… |
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Smoked salmon, vodka and pea pasta - and a Kinvara salmon hamperI have been reading a few articles lately about "the expat experience" in London (as if there is only ONE experience expats can possibly have!). With all the fantastic vibe that has been generated in South Africa with the tremendously successful FIFA… |
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Mamma's coconut tart (klappertert)One of the things in life that has held a fascination for me for as long as I can remember is language. My mom always maintained that this was because she was pregnant with me while she was doing her Honours degree in English, and that I attended most of her lectures with her, but I maintain that she and my father instilled this… |
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Bob Bob RicardIs it just me, or is taking a Tube from Barbican to Oxford Street at lunchtime rather like stepping into some sort of Dr Who TARDIS and emerging in a totally different universe? When I board, I am surrounded by people in dark suits, pencil skirts, Thomas Pink blouses and serious expressions. When I emerge, it is into a world of… |
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Easy apple pecan cobblerHe: "Do you like Kipling, my dear?"She: I don't know, you naughty boy, I've never kippled!"I only discovered years later that this was not an actual coversation, but the text from a saucy postcard produced by one Donald McGill, an English graphic artist who'se name has become synonymous with the particular genre of saucy postcars… |
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South African melktert (milk tart) revisitedThis was originally posted to CookSister! in November 2007, but seeing as I am away in Germany visiting my sister-from-another-mother Meeta this weekend and will not be online (much!), I thought I woud repost it for this week's Sundays in South African feature.Do you know the feeling when you know something is part of your heritage… |
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Crispy duck breasts with a wild cherry balsamic reductionI expected a lot of things when I came to live in England.I expected the weather to be depressing - tick. I expected to be a little homesick - tick. I expected to see lots of shows and concerts - tick. I expected to develop unnatural cravings for biltong, Peppermint Crisp and NikNaks - tick. But what I never expected was to be able… |
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Irene Dairy Farm, GautengI always find long-distance air travel to be a totally surreal experience. For a start, you spend 12 hours in a metal tube kept aloft by sheer force of good engineering, at a cosy temperature of 22C while the air on the other side of the wondow is about -34C. And then there is the experience of boarding the plane in the middle of a… |
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A girls' adventure tale of cocktails and tarts - and a giveawayDefining your family used to be really simple when people were born and raised in the same place where they themselves would eventually settle and raise a family. Your family was your mom and dad; your siblings; and possibly a grandparent that came to… |
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