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My Tamatie Bredie, a Cape Style of Tomato Bredie or Braise…

Tomato Bredie, known in the Bo Kaap ditrict of Cape Town as Tamatie Bredie, is a heritage Cape dish, traditionally made from mutton and fresh tomatoes, here is my version...

August 21st, 2020|Categories: lamb, Michael's Writings, Recipes|Tags: Braise of Lamb with tomato, Bredie, C Louis Leipoldt, Heritage Food, Lam Recipe, south african food, Tomatoe Bredie|
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My Cabbage Bredie, in the style of C Louis Leipoldt…

My Cabbage Bredie, setting off with C Louis Leipoldt's scanty recipe, I 'created' this fine traditional Cape Bredie...

August 20th, 2020|Categories: lamb, Michael's Writings, Recipes|Tags: Bredie, C Louis Leipoldt, Cabbage Bredie, Kos vir die Kenner, Lamb Bredie, Lamb recipe, Leipoldt recipe, Leipoldt's Food & Wine, South African Heritage Food, TRaditional South African Dish, Trevor Emslie|
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Old Cape Chicken Curry, in the style of C Louis Leipoldt…

Old Cape Chicken Curry, cooked in the style of Leipoldt. 'As is evident from the text, Leipoldt was not a stickler for precision measurement in the kitchen.'...

August 7th, 2020|Categories: Michael's Writings, poultry, Recipes|Tags: C Louis Leipoldt, Cape Malay Curry, Chicken, Curry, Old Cape Chicken Curry, Rio Largo, Rio Largo Olive Oil|
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Sweet Potatoes – almost a National Dish…

Sweet Potatoes - with National Heritage Day on Tuesday 24th, Soet Patats is almost a National Dish...

September 20th, 2019|Categories: Michael's Writings|Tags: Borriepatats, Braised Sweet Potatoes, C Louis Leipoldt, Douglas Green Spanich Sherry, Elizabeth David, Soet Patats, Sweet Potatoes|
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fav-57 As a young aspiring chef, Michael laid a solid foundation for his career at the Cordon Bleu Cooking School in London. Over the next 30 years he had a series of high profile hospitality management posts, was the Public Relations Manager for Boschendal and ran three successful restaurants in the Cape, one of which, Parks, featured in the national top 10 restaurants.

Michael is a family man, author and broadcaster.
A lifetime devoted to the promotion and appreciation of the South African wine and food industry has earned him many accolades, including the Lannice Snyman Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2013 Eat Out Awards.

Michael continues to be prolific, informative and entertaining on his wine and food website, michaelolivier.co.za

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