Like all other countries, South Africa has plenty of its own street food. The three prominent ones that I know

The saga with all things curry continues! But this time in the form of delicious, crunchy french fries. I've g

I am seriously considering writing a book detailing all the very many ways Fiance and I consume pizza. What el

FIRST THINGS FIRST. Welcome to A Duck's Oven's new website!!! I am seriously super excited about this. This h

Okay. Do you know how good carnitas are? Carnitas are like, really, really good. Like Fiance is shoving a very

So pizza is a big thing in our house. I blame that entirely on Fiance. Before we met, I had pizza at sleepover

Unfortunately my obsession with strawberries did not quit with the season. Ya wanna know why that's okay? Cape

Let me get two things out of the way first: 1. I know I've been posting a lot of curry and curry-type foods on

For all of my American readers who read the title of this blog post and said, "Huh?" first, thank you for read

This blog has a disproportionate amount of apple recipes. More than that, it has way too many breakfast apple

I've learned so, so much during my six months so far living in South Africa. One of those smaller, less conseq

A few weeks ago, I made a discovery: marinading chicken in yogurt makes it so moist and flavorful. I'm way beh

I've been cooking a lot of Indian and Middle Eastern inspired cuisine in the last few months. Like a lot. Like

If you can believe it, I'd never had meatloaf before I made this. And I'm 24 years old. That's a lot of years

I love "bowls" for lunch! Mine are often composed of a mish-mash of leftovers, which are usually great, but de

People. Ethiopian food is delicious. Like, crazy good. And I've only come to realize that in the last couple o

Hampton Creek provided the mayonnaise for this recipe, but all opinions expressed are my own. So there's this

It's finally getting warm again in Cape Town. Which means it's going from an average high of partly cloudy 62

The other day, I thought I'd had a brilliant idea for a creative, new food. I told Fiance about it excitedly.

I've posted about my love of breakfast. I love eggs. I love scones. I love oatmeal with fresh strawberries on

I haven't written much about it because I don't usually have an excuse to, but I really, really love popcorn.

Pizza has got some serious competition for warm comfort food that I over eat, now that I've discovered the bea

This chicken is stupid easy. Like, really, really easy. I'm just considering it a part of the "back to basics"

I've developed a nighttime snack habit that is not good for the pre-wedding diet. Peanut butter chocolate chip

I know this is two almost back to back mac and cheese recipes. But it's mac and cheese, people. And when this

I've been making this chicken for years. This post is actually a redo of a much earlier post, because the phot

First, I need to get this little note to self out of the way: CHELSEA. When you are taking pictures of food, d

Fiance and I really love breakfast. This is a much more recent development for him, since in high school and t

I think it's safe to say that my love of macaroni and cheese has been well documented on A Duck's Oven. I've p

Fiance and I's favorite food in the world is pizza, and there is no hesitation about that. During our first we

Winter in Cape Town is a little chilly. And by that I mean like 63 degrees. If we had a 63 degree day in Portl

Before coming to Cape Town, I hadn't eaten all that much lamb. In fact, I can't even remember a time I did eat

Seasonal strawberries. They're here, people. There are few things more yummy than strawberries in June from th

The most amazing, wonderful, exciting, (insert more happy adjectives) thing happened when I went to the grocer

So, Fiance is obsessed with Meaty Fusilli. Seriously. He requests it at least once a week. If we're going to h

Holy pulled pork sandwiches. This is the one to rule them all. Yes, I totally just made a Lord of the Rings re