Food
Home-Made Chicken Nuggets Recipe
By: Kit Heathcock (2009-05-29)
Why should anyone bother to make their own Chicken Nuggets, when they can buy them conveniently
ready made? Even ready cooked as a fast food take-away. Well, chicken is usually...
Pitta Bread recipe
By: Kit Heathcock (2007-08-30)
My kids love pitta (or pita) bread, those flat round breads that open into pockets that can be
stuffed with anything and eaten in your hands, the ultimate takeaway food...
Malva Pudding - South African Dessert Recipe
By: Kit Heathcock (2007-08-22)
Almost every restaurant in Cape Town has Malva Pudding on its dessert menu. It is one of those
ubiquitous dishes that one has to side-step diplomatically, as a tour manager...
Roast Potatoes - the Secrets of a Successful Satisfying Crunch
By: Kit Heathcock (2007-08-22)
A Sunday lunch with roast chicken, roast potatoes, steamed vegetables and gravy is one of those
classic English meals that can soar into the culinary sublime or dive into the...
Marmalade Recipe
By: Kit Heathcock (2007-08-22)
Making marmalade is pure self-indulgence for me. Nobody else in our house likes it, but I love the
zesty tang of marmalade on hot buttery toast. Maybe the taste for...
Flowers You Can Eat - Nasturtiums
By: Kit Heathcock (2007-08-15)
Flowers, so bright and cheerful, raise your vibe without even trying. Edible flowers take that
energy into the centre of your being, especially when they also have medicinal properties like...
Recipe for a South African Crustless Milk Tart
By: Kit Heathcock (2007-08-03)
Milk Tart or Melktert is one of those classic South African dishes, that show up in infinite shades
of cream at every social event where people bring a sweet contribution...
Lemons Add Zest to Life
By: Kit Heathcock (2007-07-22)
Lemon trees laden with their winter crop, boughs drooping under the weight of many hued lemons: dark
green, lighter green becoming suffused with yellow, vibrant yellow bursting with life, then...
Recipe - Simple Italian Lamb Stew
By: Kit Heathcock (2007-01-18)
Simple, no-effort dishes, with clear uncomplicated flavours are called for after all the rich
Christmas feasting. I went looking for a recipe to cook some good Karoo lamb shoulder chops...
A Recipe for Rye Bread
By: Kit Heathcock (2007-01-09)
The more I make bread, the more I am convinced of the importance of the kitchen being in the best
position in the house. When we designed and built our...
Recipe - South African Buttermilk Rusks
By: Kit Heathcock (2007-01-09)
Rusks in South Africa are part of the cultural identity – one of the things that exiles in a foreign
land long for. Children are brought up on Rooibos tea...
Recipe - Summer Smoothies
By: Kit Heathcock (2007-01-09)
The summer sun swelters outside. Inside it is warm, the fruit bowl sits lusciously on the window
sill, bursting with seasonal plenty – peaches, mangoes, grapes as well as the...
Recipe - Baking With Jam
By: Kit Heathcock (2007-01-09)
Jam-making is over for the year, the summer heat has finished off the strawberries, the apricot
season went by in the blink of an eye, it’s too hot to think...
Baking Bread
By: Kit Heathcock (2007-01-09)
Fresh bread is one of the simple joys of living: the appetising smell of it baking, then with the
loaf fresh out of the oven, the temptation of tearing a...
Christmas Cake Recipe
By: Kit Heathcock (2007-01-09)
December is the time for baking in the kitchen, insulated against the cold weather by a festive fug
of spices, brandy and rich dried fruit: cookies, mince pies, Christmas pudding,...
Mince Pie Recipe
By: Kit Heathcock (2007-01-09)
Mince pies Recipe I don’t know if they are traditional Christmas fare in the US, but in the UK by
now the shops will be brimming with packets of ready-made mince...
Kids & Spices
By: Kit Heathcock (2007-01-09)
Back in the mists of time, once upon a time, we were adventurous cooks and eaters, taking in
everything from the spices of the Orient to European starchy comfort food ...
Chicken Korma Recipe
By: Kit Heathcock (2007-01-09)
Spice and children don’t mix. Well not much in my house these days. With ages ranging from eight to
four, my children’s tastes are conservative and plain. I am mounting...
A Hymn to Baked Potatoes
By: Kit Heathcock (2006-11-25)
What better on a cold winter’s night, than to come home to a supper of crisp-skinned baked potato,
piping hot, a knob of butter soaking into the fluffy centre. perfect...
Advocating Avocado Pears
By: Kit Heathcock (2006-11-09)
Avocadoes are back in season – hurrah! All summer I’ve been looking at the exorbitantly priced
sad-looking specimens in the shops, refusing to buy, as I know they’ll be disappointing...
