Celebrating life with food, wine, friends & happiness! Writer, cook and blogger. Author of four cookbooks. Passionately South African, proudly Capetonian.
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...
Afternoon Tea, Cream Tea, High Tea or plain old koek en tee - call it what you want, just have it often. Cake and tea are not mere indulgences, I feel, but necessities to comfort us...
Go ahead, mark the date: 2-4 September is the annual Bot River Spring Festival and you don't want to miss it. All that fresh air, food and wine, yours to enjoy!
'Bot Rivier?', I hear...
Visiting Cape Town? Stay in De Waterkant at Capital Mirage. Luxe accommodation, hip decor; free parking and wifi. Special rates apply until September. And there's a Sky Bar...
Even if you live in Cape Town, why...
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...
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,...
There's not a lot I won't do for a slap-up brunch with decent Eggs Benedict, cold bubbly and great coffee. Even if it means hauling the grumbling teens out of bed for a long-ish...
Salty sea air is said to stimulate the appetite, but chef Christo Pretorius' gorgeous culinary creations hardly need the boost. Simply breathtakingly beautiful food served in such a stunning setting must rate as one...