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bushveld oasis – South Africa

I've been lucky enough to have stayed in some pretty nice places on my travels, but our suite in the middle of the South African bush took my breath away. Not only was it comfortable and luxurious, it was a…

safari South Africa style

Going on safari through the South African bushveld is a very intimate experience. Instead of vast plains with huge herds of animals grazing and hunting (which I've heard you'll find in northern Africa), we would drive out of our camp…

mini cheesecakes

I love cheesecake. There's something incredibly satisfying about the combination of sweetened cream cheese and that crumbly cookie base. Even though we all probably remember cheesecake from our childhood, that's not when it was first created...a type of cheesecake has…

nanny cake

This simple but heavenly cake is all tangled up in my memories of my grandmother (we called her Nanny), Irene Mulally. When I visited her comfortable rambling home on Sydney's North Shore with my brother and sisters, there would be…