Celebrating life with food, wine, friends & happiness! Writer, cook and blogger. Author of four cookbooks. Passionately South African, proudly Capetonian.
Living well, they say, is the best revenge. So make Grande Provence your weapon of choice this winter, and take advantage of their fabulous Winter Lunch Menu Special.
At R200 for a main course and glass of Angels’ Tears wine it’s not too shabby, considering the standard of cooking and...
You know winter has officially arrived when it's time for Taste the Helderberg.
The annual winter celebration of fine food and wine starts on Friday, 8 June 2018.
Banish the harsh chill of winter with the taste of wonderful bounty from Helderberg farms and vineyards at the annual showcase of...
The winter wine tasting experience at Constantia Glen is made extra special by the addition of three delicious homemade soups. These hearty treats, on offer from 3 May till the end of August, are a good reason to visit this picturesque boutique wine estate to find comfort against the...
The very last place on earth I'd expect to find fantastic, authentic Indian cooking would be in the strange wasteland of the Silo district. But hey! Life's full of happy surprises, isn't it?
We were invited to try The Yard's new Sunday Brunch, and what a great experience it was....
Funky Mojo Market flung open its doors in Seapoint one year ago. If you've never been, this weekend would be a good start! Join the Instawalk on Friday at 9am - free coffee for the first 27 Instagrammers who arrive. Bring your appetite and sense of fun along, because...
Fancy food makes me nervous.
I worry I won't get enough to fill me up, or that I'll be too dim to understand it.
Fear not at Foxcroft. The chefs there slay. You'll be enchanted, sure - the plating is bewitching - but these are cooks who aim to please a...
Time to get grounded and back to nature: get your Wellies out and head to the Usana Farm Feast over the weekend of 12 and 13 May. Usana is on the Klein Welmoed, along Baden Powell Drive just outside Stellenbosch, and as farm experiences go, the real Makoya.
What the...
Endurance in the face of adversity is one of the most admirable human qualities.
Like most of the Peninsula, I watched in shock and horror as news came of Druk My Niet's devastation in the fires that swept through the Cape Winelands in January 2017. It seemed impossible at the...
For hundreds of years bitters has been considered an essential ingredient in many cocktail recipes, but did you know that it can also be a key ingredient in your kitchen when preparing family meals or dinner party menus?
The flavours of appetisers, entrees and desserts - everything from homemade baked...
Whiskey and Italian food can be best mates, yes or no?
Find out for yourself at CarneSA until end of May, as maestro Giorgio Nava serves up classic Italian food with fine Scottish malt whiskey for the Cardhu Whisky Experience at Carne SA.
This 4-course journey of discovery takes place at...
