Blender Loving Care – Tips on how to care for your blender

I write this post because I had no idea such a thing existed and have suffered greatly as a result. My beloved blender died on me mid smoothie and its felt as if its blades were slicing through my own heart. RIP R. Hobbes. Though short, our time together was magical. ... Anyways. Upon intense...

Food and Fitness: food for weight loss

This new series is exciting for me because not only is it reviving my blog and love of writing, it also allows me to hold myself accountable on my weight loss and fitness journey. This is where it begins and before it does, these are a few considerations to keep in mind: Beyonce's internet taught...

Drinking Stinks – Literally: why I choose to quit alcohol in 2020

I walked into class one day and someone had an unrelentingly and uncompromisingly horrid stench that permeated from all known orifices. It was horrendous. Even more horrendous was every second person asking me if he had a drinking problem. It was alcohol. He reeked of alcohol from the night before and apparently this wasn’t the...

Cape Town Food Lover

Cape Town is considered amongst the most beautiful cities in Africa, if not the world - and justifiably so! The beautiful mountainous landscape peppered with orange and purple sunsets bouncing off clear blue waters are sure to mesmerize even the most tempered of people. And if the landscape itself were not enough to solidify its...

FoodAndSpirituality: Part 1

For a little over a year and a half, I skirted around the question 'Why are you vegetarian?' with the precision of a professional ice skater maneuvering her agile body around a host of obstacles on a slippery surface without falling once: in other words, I avoided answering the question very well. I didn't know...

FoodAndAdventure

Am I the only one who's noticed that men are genrally a lot less adventurous in their food choices? I can't tell you how many times I've walked into a restaurant with a male companion and roll my eyes at them ordering the same meal over and over again. And most of the time that...

FoodAndPassion: Granny Chronicles

I love talking about my granny because you cannot speak about her without mentioning her almost obsessive love for food and the kitchen. I remember many nights watching her sleep at 4am prepping for the meals of the following day and missing half the event because she was either too tired to stay awake through...

FoodAndLove: How I came to Love Cooking

I grew up in a two person household: the two people being my mother and I. We left the house for school and work at 6am every morning and came home at 6pm every evening. On weekends we would visit my grandmother on the other side of town and during the holidays I would be...