by Chez Shamwari | Jun 18, 2011 | Blog
Now to me a cup of coffee is a waste of time unless I’ve got something sweet to eat with it. That something sweet really needs to be a cake or pud of some sort. A biscuit, for example, wouldn’t really fit the bill. Saturdays and Sundays I really look...
by Chez Shamwari | Jun 15, 2011 | Blog
I hate wasting any food so am always looking for ideas to use up those bits of leftovers and nothing more so than egg whites. I seem to always have a lot of egg whites as I make my own ice cream (my signature flavour being my own rendition of “Baileys”!)...
by Chez Shamwari | Jun 12, 2011 | Blog
My posting on perfecting my apple pie recipe reminded me of the fact that my brother (P) reckons he has his malva pudding (a South African delicacy) down to fine art. “Practice makes perfect” were his very words to me on providing me with the recipe. For...
by Chez Shamwari | Jun 12, 2011 | Blog
Today has been all about perfecting that apple pie that I referred to on my first ever posting on this site on 2 June (Hello World!). I am pretty pleased with the result and almost replicated the original from my friend. I think I had chopped the apples a little bit...
by Chez Shamwari | Jun 11, 2011 | Blog
I went to my first secret tea room this afternoon at Cafe Nouveau (http://cafenouveau.wordpress.com/) which was a wonderful experience. As you may see from my ‘About’ page, I am wanting to launch my own secret tea room cum cafe and this was an opportunity...