https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lATV92qhOxA
Just outside Paarl lies a piece of Paradise: Avondale Estate. A biodynamic wine farm run by owner Johnathan Grieve, it's the closest I've ever come to the actual Garden of Eden.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JQTyXUxSRY
Avondale's certified organic wines are made according to biodynamic principles, which requires minimal intervention and adherence to the lunar...
If there's one thing guaranteed to lift my spirits, it's a newsletter from Bartholomeus Klip hopping into my inbox. Always something good happening at that gorgeous Swartland guest farm, and man, do they know how to throw a party...
Read more about the previous Smoke and Fire Pop-Up Garden BBQ...
What's better than sizzling hot chicken wings?
STICKY hot chicken wings. of course!
Sticky chicken wings are one of South Africa’s best loved snacks. When having friends or family over, you can’t go wrong with presenting a platter full of wings alongside a mouth-watering blue cheese dip!
The only way to get...
Vadas Smokehouse & Bakery situated on the beautiful Spier Wine Farm is now serving pizza every Friday night!
The sourdough pizza bases are made with stoneground flour and the dough is then fermented for 48 hours. Buffalo mozzarella from Buffalo Ridge is used - the only water buffalo dairy in...
Marlien Wright is one of those people who inspires us all to live our best life. This yogi extraordinaire is smart, wise, creative, accomplished, astonishingly beautiful, and as humble as they come. Killer sense of humour, too. As a busy mother, nutrition coach and food writer, health and well-being...
Katelyn Williams is one of the best bakers, stylists and all-round food magicians I know of. Her first cookbook Chocolate has just hit the shelves and it is BRILLIANT. Buy one for yourself; hell, buy one for everyone you know. Best Christmas stocking filler I can think of, actually.
Katelyn...
Festive food and drink should be as easy as tossing a salad and opening a bottle. Really. Why slog in a hot, hot kitchen when you could be sippin' on some cool, cool wine with a nice leafy salad on the side?
Add ribbons of smoked or cured trout, berries...
'Beautiful'and 'mall' aren't two words you'd often use in one sentence, but the new Table Bay Mall in Tableview is exactly that: bee-yoo-ti-ful. The perfect setting, in fact, for brand new bistro cafeteria. Owned and run by the accomplished restauranteur team of Martin (son) and Phillip (father) Senekal, cafeteria...
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What a swell party it was...
The BK crew sure know how to lay on a good bash, and the 7th of December was no different. The perfect occasion to experience the best of Swartland country hospitality, with fine food, great wines and excellent company, in the lush gardens surrounding...
Few occasions in life aren't improved with cake and tea so if you're looking for a hot spot to indulge, head over to La Paris Estate outside Franschhoek. Their popular Afternoon High Tea stand comes with sweet and savoury treats, tea or coffee for 2 or more and costs...