Archive for the ‘Hands on’ Category

Dessert & Baked Goods, Edible Gifts, Hands on, Holidays, Recipes

This Saturday (17 December 2011), at 2 30 pm a group of Cape Town cookie crafters will be gathering at the Cut&Bake studios to sample Cut&Bake’s cookies, drink bubbles, snack on some savouries and swap our home-made cookies and chocolates. Details and how you can get involved here..also a recipe for unusual, tempting Spiced Cocoa Cookies with Roasted Hazelnuts & Rosemary.

Featured Article, Hands on, Holidays, The Fabulous

Your ultimate guide to throwing a Halloween Party on any budget- with tips and ideas for decor, creating a vibe, food, drinks and dress, for adults and kids. Boo!

Food & Travel, Hands on, Indian Food Easy Peasy

It seems that this is the year of the cooking class for me, or should I say cooking demonstration as was the case here as eight of us eager cooks gathered at the Explorer’s Club in Franschhoek, a guest house impeccably decorated with the artifacts of a well seasoned traveller and owned and managed by Jo Sinfeld.
We were here to meet and cook with Reza Mahammad, the irrepressible B.B.C television celebrity chef, and owner of Star of India in London. Reza is warm, welcoming and his effervescent personality sets him apart.

Food & Travel, Hands on, The Fabulous

We spent half a day at the Cook & Taste cooking School in Barcelona making Tortilla de Patatas, tomato bread, tomato soup, chicken paella and crema Catalan. A fabulous introduction to Spanish and Catalan food.

Food & Travel, Hands on, The Fabulous

Cooking in Venice with Enrica Rocca- dishes included stuffed squid, baked sea bream, fish roe pate, cuttlefish risotto and deep fried courgette flowers. All in a very delicious day’s work. A journey in pictures.

Food & Travel, Hands on, Holidays, Markets

What springs to mind when you think of Venice? Gondolas. A sinking City. Masked Balls. Forget the cliches and join me on a tour of the Rialto Food Market, colourful and bustling, with tips for your next visit.

Food & Travel, Hands on, The Fabulous

Plate To Page Food Writing and Photography workshop in May, held in Weimar, Germany. I come clean on why I almost didn’t go and all the reasons I’m so glad I did.

Hands on, The Fabulous

A behind the scenes view of a food photo shoot for an upcoming issue of a local food magazine, shot in our kitchen. I reveal all about the famed Kitchen Elf…

Hands on, Review, The Fabulous

Figs and Witblitz- a decadent weekend away Having read through the African Relish cookery class schedule, I knew that this had to be the weekend that I attended- it was the only course for the year featuring fresh figs, which I simply adore. I have been purchasing the sweet, forbidden beauties religiously all summer and [...]

Charity, Dessert & Baked Goods, Giving Back, Hands on

On 28 November 2010, a group of Cape Town food bloggers gathered together at our house to bake red velvet cupcakes, under the expert guidance of Hila Jonker (@LadyRaven), in aid of a charity called Nosh4Noah with the aim of raising money for therapy for Noah, a four year old who is on the Autism spectrum.