Articles Archive for October 2009
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Tamarind and juniper don’t really spice things up as much as they provide freshness and tang and are certainly spices worth keeping in the kitchen – the tamarindus indica is a tropical tree that grows up …
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Most of us don’t eat nearly enough fish and too often forget that it’s extremely healthy and that we should eat it at least once or twice a week. Today’s recipe is perfectly suited to …
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How many of us have asked ourselves where the concept of eating dessert actually originated? The word dessert comes from an old French word, desservir, which means cleaning the table. The trend to eat desserts …
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The concept of roast on Sunday dates goes back to feudal times when a squire would spoil his serfs on Sundays with a meal of roasted oxen to thank them for the week’s work. Today …
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The Afrikaners, much maligned and much criticized for the cruel mistakes of some of their ancestors are still alive and thriving and living in the Southern tip of Africa, South America, Patagonia, Mexico and more …
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Most Afrikaner grew up in homes where rows and rows of jams, pickles and chutneys were stuffed into pantry shelves, jostling for position – a legacy of an era where everything edible had to be …
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These traditional Afrikaans cookies are a wonderful contribution to the modern kitchen because they can be turned into a variety of desserts that can be served with coffee or tea and are healthy enough for …
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Potjiekos is has developed into a way of life in South Africa today and has been adopted by most cultures in the country – even though the concept of a potjie actually originated with the …
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The walnut is one of the oldest and most revered nuts on earth – archaeologists in France, more particularly the Dordogne department in Aquitaine (once known as Périgord), discovered petrified shells of nuts that had …
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Children (especially young ones) often develop allergies and even though they outgrow it most of the time, too often parents diagnose without knowledge or ignore when they should have gone to the doctor. When it …
