Motivated Masterchef SA finalist Shannon Smuts gets stuck into a healthy-driven passion project, and expounds on life BM (before Masterchef) and AM (after Masterchef). I am super open-minded about…
Ard Matthews, solo artist and lead singer of Just Jinjer, owns supercool coffee shop, iwantmycoffee, complete with its own radio station, on Umhlanga Ridge By Tracy Gielink Opening a…
Zola Nene is the chef and food stylist on SABC 3’s Expresso Show. We chat to her about her passion for food and cooking, and even share Zola Nene’s favourite…
Jozi-born designer Emma-Jane Harbour stopped mid-Euro trip to chat to us about her blog, emmajanenation. From full-time art director to co-founder of Hello Harbour Creative, Emma-Jane is always at…
Nataniël is back on Kyknet with the second season of Die Nataniël Tafel and this time it’s all about family, entertaining and health: “In this country we cook with…
(Bloomsbury, R395) This cookbook has two aims; firstly the High Priest of the Church of Loaf, Paul Hollywood wants to teach us how to bake a wide variety of…
(Penguin, R380) A collection of the late Elizabeth David’s favourite veggie recipes, from cobalt blue cabbages to beetroots of deep rose. Highlight: ‘Meaty’ recipes like ‘eggs with mushrooms and…
(Hardie Grant, R287) After immigrating to Australia, Andrzej Kaczmarski set about creating an institution that would please even the most traditional of Polish grannies. Enter the ambient world of…
Down-to-earth food blogger Sarah Graham’s first cookbook bitten – released last year – has blossomed into a TV show, now airing on SABC 3. Following a philosophy of “anyone…
“One of the wonderful things about brewing is that you never stop learning or developing your skills. The job is always fresh and interesting.” We interviewed SAB Master Brewer…
Christiaan Campbell quietly hones his craft and creates fine-dining drama at Delaire Graff Actors are warned to never work with children or animals, lest they be upstaged. Writers should…
By Gordon Ramsay (Harper Collins Publishers) After his fascinating and unforgettable Great Escape to India, our favourite chef with the combustible temper, Gordon Ramsay, embarks on yet another travelogue’ish…
(Lantern) Ever since that pith-helmeted anthropological roam around Thailand, where you traipsed from pool lounger to food stall, from beach to food stall, from internet café to food stall……
(Love Food) Stirfries, what’s not to like? All you need is a wok – that workhorse of the Chinese kitchen – a handful of pocket-friendly greens; maybe a protein…
By Luke Nguyen (Murdoch Books) The French colonisation of Vietnam lasted nearly a century. It should therefore come as no small surprise that much of the cuisine is a…