Seven Votes, how WWll changed South Africa forever, a review by Geoff Olivier…
Seven Votes, how WWll changed South Africa forever, a review by Geoff Olivier...
Gin & Tapas for the Ginsmiths who distill in the Tygerkloof in a still named Bella Maria…
Gin & Tapas, such a lovely combination for a tasting on a warm weekend morning, Ginsmith Gins and Liam Tomlin's Tapas...
Spring Books for Cooks, now gracing the shelves of bookshops…
Spring Books for Cooks, now gracing the shelves of bookshops. From new authors to me and the wonderful Siba Mtongana…
Hummus to Halva by Ronen Givon and Christian Mouysset, a review by Myrna Robins…
Hummus to Halva, Recipes from a Levantine Kitchen, is reviewed by Myrna Robins, the Doyenne of our food & wine writers...
Loves & Miracles of Pistola by Hilary Prendini Toffoli, a review by Myrna Robins…
Hilary Prendini Toffoli, a superb writer recently published her Loves & Miracles of Pistola, a beautifully crafted book, published by Penguin Random House...
Maggie: my Life in the Camp by Maggie Jooste, a review by Myrna Robins…
Myrna Robins, one of the great writers of the Cape reviews Maggie: my Life in the Camp by Maggie Jooste, in her usual excellent style...
Out of an African Kitchen by Nicky Fitzgerald, An Angama Mara Cookbook – a review by Myrna Robins…
Nicky Fitzgerald's recently published Out of an African Kitchen is a story about setting up a lodge and serving fine food in the Masai Mara Reserve...
Passion for Pairing, a new exciting publication by Jean Vincent Ridon & Gerda Louw…
Passion for Pairing, a new exciting publication by Jean Vincent Ridon, with 16 Chefs & ace photographer, Gerda Louw…
Books for Summer – Dit proe soos huis by Herman Lensing…
Dit proe soos huis is a tribute to his mother, Susan Lensing, and the food Herman Lensing grew up with in Upington...
Books for summer – How to be Gluten Free and keep your friends…
So many now being Gluten Allergic, this one is for you How to be Gluten Free and keep your friends, published by Hardie Grant, good little book...
Books for Summer – Hurrah for Gin, a diary for 2020 by Katie Kirby…
Hurrah for Gin, an amusing and well thought out diary for 2020 by Katie Kirby of hurrahforgin.com, a website well worth a visit...
Books for the Summer – Grasping the Grape by Maryse Chevriere
Grasping the Grape by Maryse Chevriere, the first in a series of books for spring and summer...
Myrna Robins reviews Greenfeast by Nigel Slater….
Myrna Robins,Doyenne of Food, Wine & Lifestyle writers, and cook book author reviews Greenfeast by Nigel Slater, his latest release...
Living National Treasure #101 – Dine van Zyl
Dine van Zyl Potjiekos & Pot-pourri In Japan they have people who are certified as Living National Treasures. These people are anything from ceramicists to woodworkers, paper makers and the well known Kabuki theatre performers. The Living National Treasures are those that preserve important intangible cultural properties. Cuisine, surely, is one of these. Were we
Julian Richfield reviews Taste the Little Karoo
Julian Richfield is Book Reviewer for The Cape Times. He is a wine writer and enthusiast. It is not challenging to fall in love with the Karoo. There are so many things that conjure up images of that region for me. One such is from playwright Athol Fugard in his play Sorrows and Rejoicings it
Paul Duncan – Perfect Hideaways
Perfect Hideaways in South Africa by Paul Duncan I met David and Helen Untiedt some years ago when part of a TV series in which I had a minor involvement was filmed in one of their houses up the West Coast. David and Helen run Perfect Hideaways, a company which has on its books some
John Platter – My Kind of Wine
John Platter - My Kind of Wine I first met John Platter in 1978 when he had just arrived in Franschhoek and had bought a wine farm. This as before the first John Platter Wine Guide was released. What happened to the guide is part of South African Wine history. A slim little volume written
Durban Curry, So Much of Flavour – Erica Platter, Clinton Friedman & Devi Sankaree Govender
Durban Curry - so much of flavour When you put talents like this together, Erica Platter, writer and Editor de luxe [and quite a food lover too if the truth be known] and Clinton Friedman, brilliant photographer and designer and Devi Sankaree Govender, better known on our TV Screens on Sunday night’s Carte
Sophia Lindop – Season’s Bounty
Season's Bounty by Sophia Lindoppublished by BookStorm This for me is one of the cookbooks of the year. Launched at The Studio in Kalk Bay this week, Sophia Lindop’s Season’s Bounty is packed with simple easy to prepare, uncomplicated recipes that everyone will be able to use. Sophia is inspired as a cook,
cape town flavours and traditions
cape town flavours and traditions Last night I attended a book launch at the Kirstenbosch Bookshop. Sophia Lindop with Neil Austen, the photographer who took most of the pictures in the book, has produced an enchanting little book called, cape town flavours and traditions. Perfectly sized to put into your handbag as a
Alida Ryder – Cook from the Heart
Cook from the heartAlida Ryder's latest offering Alida Ryder is one of my favourite bloggers. Her recipes are always generous in terms of colour and flavour, and they come from her heart. Her first book Simple and Delicious stands stained, edges frayed on my kitchen shelf and her latest Cook from the Heart
East Coast Tables – The inland edition
East Coast Tables - The Inland Edition Erica Platter, Gwyn Platter and Clinton Friedman produced East Coast Tables which went on to win a World Gourmand Book Award for Best South African Regional Cookbook. And deservedly so. They showed us that South African food was not all Bobotie and boerewors, pap and tamatie
The Great Boerekos Book 2
Dine van Zyl Dine van Zyl must be one of the busiest people around. Her many books on the subject of food – boerekos in particular - have made her a household name. If not her books, then certainly the popular KykNet series, “Boerekos met Dine van Zyl” has introduced her to a
The Great Boerekos Book 1
The Great Boerekos BookDine van Zyl There are people whose names will go down in history for having preserved the recipes of early Cape Foods. Hilda Gerber in her Traditional Cookery of the Cape Malays, Cass Abrahams for her Cass Abrahams cooks Cape Malay focus on the foods cooked by our Malay peoples
Alida Ryder Simple & Delicious – recipes from the heart
When you are a good cook, like Alida Ryder, and it comes from the heart, you start a blog, www.simply-delicious.co.za. That’s what you do. Then in 2010, your first year, you go and win The Best Wine and Food Blog, and the Best New Blog. That’s evidently also what you do.
Drizzle & Dip – Sam Linsell
Sam Linsell is food passionate. She is one of South Africa’s top bloggers and her blogsite made more beautiful by the fact that it is filled with amazing photographs of her fabulous food. After having trained at Hotel School in Johannesburg and working for a number of years in the hospitality industry and
Scrumptious – Jane-Anne Hobbs
Five years ago, my friend Jane-Anne Hobbs, who has worked as a freelance writer for over 20 years, started a blog called Scrumptious. Over time food has become her all consuming passion and she works now as a food writer, recipe developer and she is an expert in Social Media. Scrumptious has one