11 October. SPAR Women’s Race. Celebrate the warm

weather with other energetic and wonderful women on a 5km fun run or the 10km road race starting from The Wanderers Club in Illovo. What’s more, you can revel in fabulous food stalls and fun family entertainment. entrytime.com/SparJHB; sparjoburg@entrytime.com

25 October. The 10th annual Avon Justine iThemba Walkathon.

Bring the whole family, don your pinks and come and walk with Avon Justine. You’ll be helping them in their efforts to save more lives through awareness of and education about breast cancer. Tickets cost R100 for adults and R75 for children under 12. ithembawalkathon.co.za

31 October. Gals Day Out with Essentials magazine. Enjoy

talks on fashion, beauty, decor and The Princess Project while sipping bubbly and getting your nails done. Bring your girlfriends, mother, daughter or sister and have a ball! Tickets cost R150 and include a goodie bag, wine, juice and snacks. caxtonevents.co.za

I’m a self-taught cook and baker.

My interest in food is born out of being

hungry, and never wanting to waste

a good eating opportunity! I’ve always

been obsessed with food in movies and

literature (my favourite picture book as

a child was about a war between two

pizzerias) and I just love to eat.

I am also a freelance food stylist,

photographer and writer. Of the

three, writing is the one I enjoy the

most, though that could change before

I’ve even finished this sentence.

For pure pleasure, I am a huge

music lover. Right now, I’m listening

to David Bowie, The Arctic Monkeys,

The Rolling Stones and the late Amy

Winehouse. I’m also a huge comedy fan –

I’m completely in love with Amy Poehler

and Tina Fey, as well as Amy Schumer.

I try to bring a spirit of uniqueness, fun

and energy to my food, which I think is

visible in the design of my blog. Life is

too short to be serious, so I don’t

mind trying things like stuffing

a brownie inside a cinnamon bun just to

see what will happen!

I don’t know about the best joke I’ve

heard… but the most hilarious line I’ve

heard this year is from They Live (1988),

which stars the late professional wrestler,

Rowdy Roddy Piper. He apparently

ad-libbed the line, “I have come here

to chew bubblegum and kick ass… and

I’m all out of bubblegum.” Genius.

The weirdest dish I’ve ever made was

a delicious batch of Vegemite alfajores.

Alfajores are a South American cookie –

buttery shortbread rounds filled with dulce

de leche. The bitterness of Vegemite

mixed with the sweet caramel filling was

so good. The inspiration for that, and for

pretty much all of my cooking, is a desire

to have fun and make something delicious

and high octane!

The Sugar Hit! cookbook, published

by Hardie Grant, is jam-packed with

all the fun and deliciousness and

insanity I could muster up, and I’m

incredibly proud of it.

SARAH COTES, CREATOR AND BLOGGER OF THE SUGAR HIT!,

HOLDS NOTHING BACK WHEN GETTING DOWN AND DELICIOUS IN

THE KITCHEN. IF FOOD IS YOUR THING, THEN SARAH’S REPERTOIRE

OF WACKY RECIPES ARE SURE TO SATISFY YOUR PALATE.

16 OCTOBER 2015

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