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Join Sophia Lindop, in Conversation with Michael Olivier, for Some Delicious Treats from Season’s Bounty
by Nicola on Nov 19th, 2014 Tweet
Bookstorm and Café Nood would like to invite you to join Sophia Lindop for tea, coffee and a selection of decadent treats from her new book Season’s Bounty.
Lindop will be speaking about her book with Michael Olivier.
The event will be at Café Nood on Wednesday, 26 November, at 3 for 3:30 PM. Please note that booking is essential.
Time: 3 PM for 3:30 PM
Venue: Café Nood
Guest Speaker: Michael Olivier
Refreshments: Treats from Season’s Bounty
RSVP: Margo, dekkermargo6@gmail.com, 021 671 4475
Sophia Lindop oor Season’s Bounty: “Ek wou eer gee aan my oorlede ma en oumas”
by Nicola on Nov 13th, 2014 Tweet
Sophia Lindop het met Siska Martin gesels oor haar kookboek, Season’s Bounty: Cooking with nature’s abundance, haar interessante herkoms en haar liefde vir skryf en fotografie.
Lindop beskryf haarself as “’n goeie kombinasie tussen Libanees en Afrikaans” en vertel dat haar herkoms beslis haar kookkuns beïnvloed het. Sy is baie lief vir skryf en het self die foto’s vir die boek geneem. Lindop het Season’s Bounty aan haar ma en oumas opgedra.
Boek vereer drie vroue
“My tweede boek was lank ’n droom – ek wou eer gee aan my oorlede ma en oumas vir die manier waarop hulle my lewenspad beïnvloed het en die boek doen dit. Al drie is te vroeg van ons weggeneem en baie dae het ek gesit en gewonder: ‘Hoe het my ma dit gemaak, of hoe het my ouma dat gemaak?’
“Toe besluit ek om my eie repertoire te skep en dit met ander te deel. En so het die resepte gekom. Die boek is vir almal – maklike, ongekunstelde resepte, met ’n knypie kreatiwiteit en durf. Ek het self die foto’s geneem en is trots daarop.”
Word sy om kookwenke gevra, vertel Sophia sy is ’n middelkind, “en middelkinders hou nie van reëls nie. So, my raad aan enigiemand is om die proses te geniet, reëls te breek en te speel – so groei ’n mens se selfvertroue. As ’n gereg nie uitwerk nie, maak ’n omelette vir aandete en lag daaroor. Die lewe is ernstig genoeg.”
Lees ‘n verslag oor die bekendstelling van Season’s Bounty
Come to the Launch of Season’s Bounty by Sophia Lindop with Michael Olivier in Kalk Bay
by Nicola on Oct 2nd, 2014 Tweet
Bookstorm, Kalk Bay Books and the Studio, Kalk Bay would like to invite you to the launch of Season’s Bounty: Cooking with nature’s abundance by Sophia Lindop.
The event is on 8 October at 6 for 6:30 PM at The Studio in Kalk Bay. Lindop will speaking about her book with Michael Olivier. She gives a modern twist to traditional ways of cooking with produce of the season.
Venue: The Studio, Kalk Bay
RSVP: Mary-Ann, books@kalkbaybooks, 021 788 2266
Enjoy the Fruits of Spring with Sophia Lindop’s Season’s Bounty: Cooking with nature’s abundance
by Nicola on Sep 1st, 2014 Tweet
Sophia Lindop’s latest cookbook, Season’s Bounty: Cooking with nature’s abundance, is out now:
We’re often faced with the dilemma of what to do with that glut of marrows and asparagus in the spring, the hundreds of apricots and tomatoes in the summer, the butternut and mushrooms in the autumn. Inspired by her Lebanese and Afrikaans grandmothers, Lindop gives us a thoroughly modern twist on cooking with seasonal produce available in ample quantities at different times of the year.
Whether you grow your own vegetables or just want to buy the cheap, seasonal produce from your local grocer, no one wants to eat the same thing all week – Sophia gives you four different recipes for each seasonal vegetable or fruit. Economy doesn’t need to be boring!
Farm girl by birth, city girl by marriage … the only constants in my life have always been good, wholesome food, wine and company! My love affair with food started at a very tender age. I grew up enveloped by kitchen aromas, and at five began to show an interest in cooking. So, my grandfather fielded a wooden box for me to reach the stove and take up my position beside my Lebanese granny.
My late mother was a very powerful force in shaping my current ‘chefdom’! One of the things she did was to encourage me to be creative in the kitchen. My Afrikaans ouma was also a brilliant cook, and her passion for the traditional food of our beautiful country inspires me to this day.
I studied food and wine for six years before embarking on a detour that finally led me back to the kitchen. These years of formal training really only put words to a melody that had been playing in my heart throughout my life.
I am happily married to Paddy, a dentist, with whom I share a passion for good food and wine.
Podcast: Nicole Jaff Shares Advice on Coping with Menopause
by Nicola on Apr 17th, 2014 Tweet
Nicole Jaff, author of Menopause: Everything You Need to Know recently joined Redi Tlhabi on Talk Radio 702 for a healthy lifestyle feature on menopause and sexuality.
Jaff shares advice on dealing with menopause within the context of a busy lifestyle. She also answers questions from listeners on how to tell when you’re experiencing menopause and issues such as hormone therapy.