The Purple Calabash: Blogs in Pretoria, Centurion, Gauteng

For three mornings of the week I teach IT skills at a primary school. I am the “computer teacher” . Anyone who is in the education sector will agree with me that it is a challenge today. Some days I come home and I want nothing more than to just “sits and do nothing”. Yesterday [...]

This is a continuation of Lusito Land – aromas and sounds of Portugal part 1. For the pastry lovers – Pasteis de nata (little custard tartlets) and FARTURAS ( a delicacy made from deep-fried choux pastry). In my next post I will be attempting to make the tartlets for the first time – apparently it [...]

Get ready for a sensory overload! The Lusito Land Festival is the primary fundraiser for the Lusito Portuguese Association for the Challenged. 100% of all funds raised from the Lusito Land Festival go directly into the maintenance and building of the Lusito School for the Challenged in the south of Johannesburg. Currently, the school cares [...]

This refreshing bitter-sweet Brazilian drink with a kick, looks just like lemonade, but boy it is a lot more than that. Of course it depends on how strong you make it! The Caipirinha’s main culprit is Cachaça – a sugarcane liqueur which gives it a distinctive flavour. Traditionally, lime is used for this drink, but [...]

My son has just come back from delivering a yacht to the boat show in La Grande Motte in France. They practically lived on fresh fish for the two months out at sea. It all sounds very glamorous but too much of a good thing can become a little dull…or can it? It sure is [...]