Celebrating life with food, wine, friends & happiness! Writer, cook and blogger. Author of four cookbooks. Passionately South African, proudly Capetonian.
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Waterkloof Wine Estate is justifiably famous for its eco-aware ethos, wines and cuisine. Visitors to the estate are now offered a fantastic opportunity to get next to Nature with the Circle of Life Guided...
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...
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...