I started a new Instagram account, and can you guess what it’s about? The account is the story of my garden, which is here in Cape Town where we’re having a really hard time with a two year long drought. Our city is jammed between a booming population, growing industries and the lowest rainfall in…
We all have that one kitchen tool that we couldn’t live without. You know the one – the serrated pairing knife, the wooden chopping board, the non-stick frying pan? I have one of these too, and it has changed how I cook eggs forever. What is it? A plastic nugget about the size of a…
The Internet has proved to us that cats are dickheads. Cute sure; but mostly self indulgent narcissists. I admit, I am not a cat owner. I have however fallen into the trap laid by the orchid and this is my story. Why orchids are like cats or How to take care of your orchid…
This year, two occasions merged into one enormous milestone: moving into my own home, and a rather big birthday (beginning with a tha- and ending in -irty). A celebration was necessary, and for the first time in a long, long time I actually felt like being social. Entertaining is a mode I slip into effortlessly,…
This week I was the invited guest of the tasting panel for The Wine of the Month Club. The Club is a subscription based wine-selection and wine-delivery club. Every month they score and rate wines, and then a clever person packs up a case of wine and delivers it to your home! Amazing. The panel…
Do you know someone who loves food, who loves to cook and above all, loves to eat? Perhaps you have a friend who is crazy about wine – tasting and swirling and gurgling and perhaps being a little irritating at the same time? Or do you have a relative who loves entertaining and faffing, for…
