My favorite soup of all time
When it is searing hot, like it is in Cape Town at the moment, soup is the last thing anyone feels like. For me however there are two exceptions; gazpacho naturally but...
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A new Goddess joins the team!
At the end of last year Natalie joined Domestic Goddesses on a freelance basis. She has subsequently fitted into the team so well and our clients who have worked with...
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Crazy for organic
Ever since returning from Norway, I have gone organic crazy. The family I worked for there tried, as far as possible, only to eat organic or bio-dynamic products and we...
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Flavor burst Pad Thai salad
One of my most unexpectedly successful recipes from last year was my Pad Thai salad. I first discovered the inspiration for this recipe in a Fresh Living magazine and...
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I’m alive!
No, I have not died. No, I have not given up blogging. No, I have not run away to join the circus. But yes, I have been on holiday!!! Last year was quite a formidable...
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Mrs. Moxon’s Posset
This dessert is a family tradition. My mother has made it for as long as I can remember and it has always been called Mrs. Moxon’s posset. Who this Mrs. Moxon is,...
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Florentines
Until last week I had never attempted making a Florentine. For some reason I had assumed that they were difficult to make. When a client asked me to teach her...
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Breakfast at Betty’s
Adam and I have spent the weekend out in Betty’s Bay with my parents. Now anyone who knows my parents, knows that they make arguably, the best breakfast in the...
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Danish inspired rice pudding
As promised I am going to write about each dessert I did for the Spier Secret Dinner, starting with the one which I got the most excited praise about. I discovered this...
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Spier Secret Festival – Secret Dinner
Last weekend I was involved in the cooking for a secret dinner. I love the idea. Secrets are exciting. Okay, so the concept was as follows. All the attendees to the...
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I miss my doggies!
It’s no secret that I am a cat person through and through. Dogs overwhelm me. They are so needy. Their love for their owners is borderline desperate....
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The accidental dessert
I don’t keep desserts or treats in the house as neither Adam nor I have a moderate bone in our bodies. But that sweet craving can sometimes just overwhelm me and...
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Home, ever so sweet, home!
It has taken a full week, but today I finally feel like I’m home. I have been in this strange limbo space between worlds, identities, responsibilities,...
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My last days in France
Its been more than a month since I’ve last posted a blog! When I look back now, it feels like a crazy kaleidoscopic blur. Three weeks of bone crunchingly hard...
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Roller coasters and lemon zest
I am back in France after packing up the island house, then finishing up in the Oslo house, getting back to France, catching up with people and then resting, resting,...
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Thekla is a teacher and seeker, a foodie and a yogi.
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