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Cape Town’s best breakfast: Hemelhuijs 18 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
This is, without a doubt, the tastiest breakfast I’ve eaten at a restaurant in Cape Town. Hemelhuijs’ potato rösti with salmon gravadlax and a soft poached egg with crème fraîche. What makes this dish...
Grilled Pemba Bay Kob with a trio of flavoured butter 21 Jul 2013 | 05:55 pm
You know those days at work when so much rains down on you, you simply don’t know where to begin? Well, I had a day like that on Friday last week; that is, until Ocean Mile’s social media team deliver...
Feasting Under An Autumn Sun 15 May 2013 | 07:14 pm
There’s something to be said about a sunny Highveld autumn day. On a farm. By a river. For a feast. Tanner farm was the venue for the seventh Down to Earth Farm Feast, which is run by best friends ...
Hello Porcini! 29 Mar 2013 | 03:56 pm
Well, this was an unexpected surprise. While shopping for a dinner party yesterday, I popped into Dunkeld Fruit & Veg for a few fresh and tasty things to jazz up a whole baked fish. As I was about to ...
A very Down To Earth Farm Feast 16 Feb 2013 | 02:53 pm
Last Saturday found me adventuring through the back roads of Irene, a farming suburb on the outskirts of Pretoria. Sun Herbs farm was my destination, where a farm feast was being prepared inside a cu...
Molecular Gastronomist Peter Barham at Delaire Graff 20 Aug 2012 | 05:22 pm
It’s likely you’ll have heard names such as The Fat Duck, Noma and El Bulli before and you may even know their chefs, but do you know the guy who helped Heston Blumenthal develop his scientific approa...
Pig Weekend 2012 19 Jul 2012 | 12:38 am
At last, the wait is over. The time has come for Pig Weekend, where the Delle Donne family get together on their farm Zandam near Paarl. Two days of family bonding and sharing in the preparation and...
Epilepsy SA’s Cupcake Challenge 16 Jun 2012 | 01:11 am
It’s amazing how life works, isn’t it? When I was a wee lass, about 8 or so, I developed a mild form of epilepsy called Petit Mal. Due to being on lots of different medication – I was a bit of a cra...
Col’Cacchio Chef Series 11 Jun 2012 | 11:07 pm
I was very pleasantly surprised one wet morning last week when a rather large and mysterious parcel arrived on my doorstep. Closer inspection revealed a basket filled to the brim of pizza-making deli...
Salted macadamia nougat with Ma Mére Maison 28 Apr 2012 | 07:15 pm
Lexi Bechet is a fantastic confectioner. With a company called Ma Mére Maison - French for My Mother’s Kitchen – it’s obvious that her cooking talents are a result of many happy years in the family...
