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I like messing with tradition, so this recipe from Jane Lawson's cookbook Yoshoku Contemporary Japanese is right up my alley. It's a beautifully styled and photographed collection of recipes that stem from the established tradition of...

South African food memories are laced with the heady combination of fried batter, cinnamon and sugar. We call that pannekoek, and the English call it pancake. But they are not one and the same...

Who doesn't treasure memories of the meltingly tender, richly flavoursome potroast their moms or grandma's fed them as children? I know I do! To me, it is one of the most maternal of dishes...

I first encountered viskopsop, that poor man's staple during the leanest and meanest of times, in the Constantia home of a posh family fallen on hard times. That they were all barking mad might...

Having lived in Cape Town for 20 years now, I still wonder why this beautiful city with her very colourful past lacks a unique, celebrated seafood dish to call her very own. We do...

Saturdays are made for pleasure. Saturdays are made for lazy love, shopping, hugging, talking, pleasure and good food. Saturdays are made for soft and kind feelings. Saturdays have always been my very favourite day of...

Whenever I run out of ideas of what to do with chicken, I turn to recipes from the Orient. This quick and easy dish comes from the book Yoshoku: Contemporary Japanese by Australian chef and writer...

  I might not know how to light a fire or braai very well personally - what are friends for, anyway? - but I DO know a thing or two about seasonings, if I say...