**STOP PRESS** The Randomizer.org has spoken and chosen the winner of the Bluebasil gourmet brownies giveaway – and the winner is EMMA HOWARD! Congratulations, Emma – we will be in touch soon via e-mail to arrange for delivery of your prize! ** Over the summer, I spent a weekend in Paris and met up […]
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Simon Rogan @ The Cube by Electrolux
I had been wanting to visit the Cube by Electrolux since it opened earlier this year but one way or another, travel and other commitments conspired against me. And when I did finally get a chance to go, it was in the same week as the “Bosigate” drama broke. For those of you not […]
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Here, for your convenience and viewing pleasure, is an index of all the recipes available on CookSister! Some of the posts are quite long, but to get to the recipe just scroll right to the bottom if you want to skip the story. I have arranged them according to course (starter, main, etc.) and broadly […]
Click here for a full portionGrilled nectarines with saffron and lavender syrup
When I first got to the UK in 2000, I embarked on a culinary voyage of discovery. Suddenly, berries that had cost half a month’s salary in South Africa (or simply weren’t available) were available on every supermarket shelf – and sometimes even available for free in the hedgerows around our house! The stuff I […]
Click here for a full portionSpring greens with blue cheese
Predictions. What is it about them that the human race simply cannot resist?? Nostradamus made a career out of making them. Generations of scarf-swathed women in heavy black eyeliner with cards or crystal balls or tea-leaves have made a good living out of them (or got condemned to death on account of being a […]
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