Fudge. It’s my third favourite F-word and narrowly gets the bronze medal behind the words “Friday” and “fuuuuu….” yeah, you know which one. That last one seems to slip out when I’m caught off guard, angry or just having a bad day. For example, I use it when I wake up forgetting that it’s Monday,…
Of Java and Juju…
Mornings, they’re a helluva thing. With them come a mixed bag of emotions. For some, there’s the excitement of a new day and what’s to come, or the separation anxiety of having to get out of bed. Others are fighting the good fight and the disbelief that it’s already morning and in extreme cases, some…
Ya Bacon me Crazy!
Jack Johnson was definitely on to something when he said that some things were, “Better Together.” Cookies and cream, wine and chocolate and of course bread and butter. You could always have one without the other, but let’s be real… life’s too short for that. The world has seen its fair share of power couples….
Drunk in Love
They say that there’s all kinds of love but never the same love twice. Some would argue that we should be grateful for this… I somehow beg to differ. Yes, love is scary, risky and disappointing when things don’t go as you had expected them to… But at the same time, it’s crazy, rare, exciting…
Going back to my root(vegetable)s
Inspiration. It’s a funny thing. Like a redneck daddy, it tends to come and go as it pleases and most of the time, it’s never really there when you need it. Some don’t know where to find it, some never seem to run out of it (bastards) and some discover it in the strangest of…
Risking it for the Biscuit
If the movie “Hot Rod” taught me anything, it was three things. 1. Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing,” is a timeless, feel-good rock anthem. 2. “W(H)iskey” is not an applicable safe word when speech impediments are rife and 3. “You gotta risk it to get the biscuit.” (Literal meaning of that last one… You have to…
Going Nuts.
We’re all a bit nuts. Some people are the run-of-the-mill peanuts that give you exactly what you’re expecting time and time again, whilst others are the Brazil nuts that no one ever really chooses the first time around (shame). Then there’s the pistachios… Exotic, a bit strange looking, in your face and almost impossible…
That four letter word…
One word. Four letters. It makes my palms sweat, my heart pound and my stomach churn. And when said in my presence, it has the power to make my mouth dry, my eyes water and my knees tremble. Whilst the Bee Gees may have said, “It’s only words,” I beg to differ. Because when it…
Cleanin’ out my closet…
2015 started with a bang. No, this wasn’t the sound of perfectly-timed fireworks erupting into breathtaking colours across the night sky. It was in fact the sound of my now-thunderous thighs crashing awkwardly together. Raise your hand if you got a tad too “fezzy” this festive season! (Hey, you in the back there… I see…
A Christmas Carol (the remix)
‘Twas the night before Christmas As all of you know. A time to be merry And let go of woe. I sat and I pondered Of what I could make. To bring you good cheer And inspiration to bake. A thing so delicious And more-ish you see, To leave for old Santa Right under your…
Pear-Shaped
To put it plainly, Durban has been hot. How hot? Well, hotter than a GHD that’s been left on all night long, hotter than the tempers of the “boets” on Matric Rage (who definitely haven’t been juicing, by the way) and hotter than Satan’s, um… I’m sure you get the picture. For those of you…
Dis-Custard
Last week was one of those weeks. It ended (rather appropriately) with me smashing a bottle of Bovril on the tiles of my kitchen floor in an attempt to make myself some toast. (Shout out to Bovril! I am so very fond of you, but for goodness sake… It’s time to make the move to…
Baking & Bitching 