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Pork Belly with Citrus, Fennel and Ginger

Pork belly is one of the most accommodating cuts of meat, and a doddle to cook. Slow and low, basically, is the only tip you need - low temperature and a long cooking time. Braising - oven-roasted in a liquid bath of stock, beer, wine or ginger ale -...

Crusty Bread Baked in a Pot

Afraid of baking bread? Believe me, you can bake bread. In fact, stop reading this right now,  go stand in front of a mirror and look yourself straight in the eye. Take a deep breath, then say out loud, 'I can bake bread!' Then come back and read this blog,...

Banana Cake with Coconut and Papaya

Everyone pretty much has a go-to banana bread recipe, but this one is unusual. It has an addition of ripe mashed papaya and desiccated coconut, the coconut giving a pleasing crunch to the moist cake.  I also love the topping of a generous handful of toasted coconut, and adding...

Old-fashioned Curry Banana Meatballs aka Kerriefrikkadelle

No-one really knows the origin of these rather exotically flavoured meatballs, but everybody loves them. That includes my fruit-loathing son, who'll pack away an astonishing amount of kerriefrikkadelle given the opportunity. I've fed them to foreigners too, expecting table rebellion, but plates were always polished and thirds asked for. Kerriefrikkadelle...

Tastes Like Teen Spirit: Announcing Winner of R150 Velvet Cake Co Voucher!

  THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED! I loved reading all your comments, and look forward to running another competition for you guys VERY SOON! While I wish I could give each and everyone of you a prize, there can only be one winner, and that is...... Faatimah Falal!  Runner up, with a...

Liquid Gold: Tokara Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Would you ever combine olive oil with chocolate, salted caramel and ice cream? Tokara Wine Estate executive chef Richard Carsten does, and it is sublime. At a media event this past week, we were treated to a tasting of the estate's extra virgin olive oils and wines, along with chef...

Salted Caramel Apple Tart

This is really Tarte Tatin in a different guise. Because what's better than upside-down caramelised apple tart? Upside-down salted caramel apple tart, that's what. It couldn't be easier, and you can make it with pears and nectarines too, as long as you choose nice firm, slightly underripe ones. The real name...

Wild and Wonderful, West Coast Getaway Break

Is winter giving you cabin fever? Head for the hills, then. Head for the plains, or even the sea! Head for the wild and wonderful West Coast, in other words, where you'll find plenty of this and more. The newly rebuilt N7 is a joy to drive, and once...

Superfoods, Super Good: Wellness Warehouse New Winter Menu

If Cilma Pretorius' radiant complexion and sparkling eyes are anything to go by, you should be eating at Wellness Warehouse every day of your life. Why? Because this effervescent Group Food Operations Manager is the superbrain behind the new Winter Menu that kicked off on the 6th of July....

Let’s Do Lunch: Hot Specials at The New Look President Hotel

Don't you just love saying 'I'm off to The President for lunch, darling'? Well I do, it makes me feel all chic and swanky. Chic and swanky indeed is the new-look President Hotel in Sea Point, since it underwent a major make-over under its new independent ownership. Once the flagship hotel...