Celebrating life with food, wine, friends & happiness! Writer, cook and blogger. Author of four cookbooks. Passionately South African, proudly Capetonian.
Road trips, food and wine, countryside.
These are a few of my favourite things and Route 62 has them all. In quality, and quantity.
Media giant CNN seems to agree with me, and recently nominated Route 62 as one of the top 10 road trips in the world. Quite rightly so!
Since...
Fancy doing your bit for the environment and a cleaner, greener you?
Rock up at Stellenbosch Slow Market this Saturday, 17 June for the All Things Green Market Day.
Open from 9am to 2pm at Oude Libertas Estate, the aim is to promote awareness of local, sustainable solutions to modern-day environmental...
Lovers of fine food, great wine and a generally blasting good time, take note:
The Terra del Capo Antipasto Bar at Anthonij Rupert Wyne in Franschhoek has launched their 2017 winter menu, featuring a lipsmacking array of small plate taste sensations!
Chef HW Pieterse knows his way around Italian cuisine, and...
I love a good cause almost as much as I love gin. When they come together? Double win.
So, gin lovers, line up your glasses and get ready to start pouring, because Saturday 10 June is World Gin Day.
No, I didn't know such a thing existed either, but I'm all...
I haven't been excited about PRIMI for a long time, but now I am. Why? Because SENSATIONAL NEW BREAKFASTS.
Yup, you got it. Eating out for breakfast is - and should be - a thrill and a treat beyond the usual wrap/bacon 'n' egg options. Whether it's social or business,...
Going spare trying to find the right gift on Father's Day for the man who has everything? (Well, he has you, hasn't he?)
Velvet Cake Co has just the right number for the big guy in your life. Quite a few little numbers, in fact!
Take a gander at these beauties,...
Clap hands, Capetonians! While celebrating arrival of the rainy season, there's more joy to be had: Delheim Jazz and Cheese Fondue Sundays!
June is looming, and so are blustery, rain-washed days. Glorious! Of course the Cape winter brings food and wine bargains galore, so there's no reason to sit at...
Top chef George Jardine takes heritage food and wine next level with his unique Pop-Up Lunches, focusing on Bottelary Hills wines and South African-themed dishes.
Mark these dates in your diary: 28 May, 27 August & 19 November and then hurry to book, because this guy can cook!
The lunches have become a feature...
Love the amber stuff? Partial to a tot of Mother's Ruin?
Then this is for you:
This Friday 12th May, African Pride 15 on Orange Hotel, Cape Town from 6-9pm, Wade Bale presents #WhiskyGinAffair!
If you have a Zen for the finer things in life, then Wade Bales invites you to this...
Ever foraged? Picked wild mushrooms? Whether yes or no, check out what Delheim's doing this winter:
Gourmet food and wine experience unearths Mother Nature’s own wild pantry
15, 16, 30 June and 1 July
It’s mushroom time again! Soon, wild mushroom foragers will head into the forests in search of these delicious...
