Category Archives: Food

roast red pepper & tomato soup

By diana | Published: 02/03/2010

i’ve been making a lot of soups lately – even though it’s unbearably hot here right now. they’re cheap to make, i can freeze the leftovers (which end up tasting even nicer a few weeks/months down the line when you reheat them), you can eat them hot or cold, and there is little to no margin for error. i mean, it’s soup – toss it in and let it simmer.

so yesterday i made a roast red pepper & tomato soup. i didn’t follow a recipe, i basically had a bag of rosa tomatoes that needed to be used… Read the rest

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happy pancake day

By diana | Published: 16/02/2010

i woke up this morning and it was raining. yay, said me. i love the rain, mostly because it’s the anti-heat (and i loathe heat) plus it also brings that lovely aaah smell in the air. it’s also pancake weather. that was our family tradition (is it yours, too?) – when it rained, mom made pancakes.

but then i noticed pancake day is trending on twitter, is everyone in sync with me today? no, it’s actually shrove tuesday aka fat tuesday – the day you get to stuff your face before lent starts (ash wednesday, you… Read the rest

Posted in Food | Tagged comfort food, Food, pancakes, recipes | 1 Comment

fast, fresh & green

By diana | Published: 05/02/2010

one of my favourite illustrators/designers, jessica hische, did the design for this new cookbook of vegetarian dishes – fast fresh & green by susie middleton. definitely the kind of recipe book i’d buy as i am partial to fast yet healthy food. i’m the kind of girl who’d buy a tub of hummus and find things to dip into it, rather than actually going to the effort of cooking an entire meal. it’s not that i’m a bad cook (i’d like to think the contrary) it’s just that sometimes i am extraordinarily lazy.

that being said, i… Read the rest

Posted in Food | Tagged cookbook, fast fresh & green, Food, jessica hische, susie middleton, vegetarian | 2 Comments

canille et vanille

By diana | Published: 21/01/2010

canille et vanille is a food blog by aran goyoaga, and has some of the most delicious and beautiful looking food & photography i’ve seen in a long time! yum yum yum.

Also posted in Photography | Tagged aran goyoaga, canille et vanille, chef, Food, food blog, food photography, food styling, recipes, styling | Leave a comment

taters

By diana | Published: 18/12/2009

the pioneer woman
a very well known blogger, ree drummond makes some seriously good looking food. probably my favourite recipe of hers is crash hot potatoes, basically the only potato dish i make these days. lots of olive oil, lots of rock salt, fresh herbs, cooked until super crispy – oh my. i think it’s probably the ideal accompaniment to summer meals – especially with some chicken kebabs from the braai & a fresh salad. go get the recipe & make it now.

all photos by the pioneer woman

Posted in Food | Tagged crash hot potatoes, dishes, Food, meals, potatoes, recipes, ree drummond, the pioneer woman | Leave a comment

sweet treats

By diana | Published: 26/11/2009

woodward design is a small, passionate design studio in the heart of edmonton, alberta. we love desserts & we love to share. so we baked and we baked and then we paused to imagine what hundreds of pies would look like after they’d been sent through the mail. thank goodness for cameras. we hope you enjoy our recipes. sweet treas, from our kitchen to yours.

this is so cute, and you can download the recipe book for free!

(great way to draw attention to your design company, too)

Also posted in Design | Tagged book, design studio, desserts, graphic design, recipe book, recipes, sweets, typography | Leave a comment

i am a tart for tarts

By diana | Published: 24/11/2009

my sister in law made these, she’s from deutschland so they are genuine german tarts (i think they’re called obstkuchen …. or obsttorte? you germans might have to help me out here). either way it’s her mom’s recipe, one was of fresh strawberries and the other of tinned cherries. woooooweeeee. naturally, i stuffed my face (and had to go lie down afterward). but the best thing about them is that they’re not too sweet (as opposed to, say, lemon meringue pie) – so you don’t feel all bad for having 5 pieces.

… Read the rest

Also posted in My Stuff | Tagged cherry tart, coffee, desserts, Food, fruit, german tarts, obstkuchen, obsttorte, pastries, recipes, strawberry tart, sunday lunch, sweets | 1 Comment

look at nook

By diana | Published: 18/11/2009

oh YAY Jessica & Luke’s restaurant Nook has been featured in the December issue of House & Leisure!

so excited & proud of them, if you guys haven’t visited yet – please do

Also posted in My Stuff | Tagged bistro, cafe, eating out, Food, homemade, house and leisure, jessica shepherd, luke grant, magazine, nook, nook eatery, pastries, restaurant, south africa, stellenbosch | Leave a comment

simply breakfast

By diana | Published: 30/10/2009

how rad & beautiful is this? simply breakfast. i could eat breakfast for dinner, i tell you.

Also posted in Photography | Tagged apples, bacon, breakfast, coffee, eggs, Food, fruit, home, meusli, Photography, simply breakfast, tea, toast | 1 Comment

broken glass jelly

By diana | Published: 02/10/2009

remember that handmade soap that was all the rage a while back, it was full of different coloured chunks and smelled like strawberry and vanilla… and you thought it was so tasty looking, you could just eat it? (sometimes you tried). well now you can – with jelly (slash jello)! let’s make some – get the recipe here.

Posted in Food | Tagged broken glass jelly, Food, jello, jelly, party, recipes, sugar, sweets, treats | 1 Comment

spaghetti hoops

By diana | Published: 28/09/2009

remember this? the next one in the series is even better! by david sykes

Also posted in Amusing, Photography | Tagged basketballs, david sykes, Food, meatballs, oversized food, Photography, spaghetti | Leave a comment

oktoberfest

By diana | Published: 23/09/2009

it looks like SO much fun! photos from the big picture.

my sister-in-law is german, and her entire family & all her friends came from germany to south africa for their wedding, and i have never ever seen anyone drink like the germans can. and not fall down drunk either, they just keep going and going. they were like the energizer bunnies of drinking and revelry. in fact, the wedding was a 3 day affair in probably the hottest february weather i have ever experienced, and while i was lying in the shade somewhere fanning myself, the germans… Read the rest

Also posted in Photography | Tagged beer, booze, celebration, drinking, eating, festival, Food, germans, germany, munich, oktoberfest, party | Leave a comment

flat white

By diana | Published: 11/09/2009

A flat white is a coffee beverage prepared by pouring the creamy steamed milk from the bottom of the jug over a single shot (30ml) of espresso, it is most commonly found in New Zealand and Australia.

this is how i like my coffee (for future reference). the foam has to be so thick and creamy, that when you drop a sugar cube into it – it doesn’t sink. none of this bubbly watery foam on top of tepid filter coffee crap (no thanks, mugg ‘n bean).

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Also posted in Design | Tagged a friend of mine, australia, australians, beverage, cafe, coffee, coffee shops, design company, flat white, Food, graphic design, identity, london, milk bar, soho | Leave a comment

steri stumpie

By diana | Published: 21/08/2009

steri-stumpie

first steri stumpie billboard ever, how classic! for those non-afrikaans speakers, the headline reads “we flavour milk”. simple, to the point – i like that. i would have loved to drink my steri stumpies from glass bottles, too – industry people take note. strawberry geur for me, please.

from the official steri stumpie blog