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ITALY AT HOME

"People should come just for the food": The Italian issue

Big Night?

Great Italian cooking starts at home. Just ask an Italian. It starts in your nonna’s kitchen where simple, regional classics have been perfected over generations. ABIGAIL DONNELLY honours the originals here, with a few inspired (and ethical) twists of her own

10+ mins

In The Kitchen With Abigail Mbalo

This MasterChef SA competitor and former dental technologist is one inspiring woman. At her Khayelitsha restaurant, 4Roomed eKasi Culture, she’s making a strong case for connecting South Africans through food

4 mins

Planting A Seed

Henry Firth and Ian Theasby’s plant-based video channel Bosh.tv reaches over 25 million people a month. In their second cookbook, Bish Bash Bosh!, they showcase the fun vegan food that’s made them famous

4 mins

How To Drink And Save The Planet

Follow Justin Smith of WWF-SA’s lead by choosing wines produced by top farms with Wine Conservation Champion status. These six will start you on your eco-friendly drinking ways

3 mins

Sister Act

Italy is not all pizza and pasta, as SAM WOULIDGE discovered on a recent visit to Naples. It’s also about shopping and sequins and sisters, and lots of chilled limoncello

3 mins

Pesce Azzurro Osteria Di Pesce

What do you do when your favourite neighbourhood restaurant is facing closure? You buy it, of course. That was the solution that seven Italian food lovers came up with to save Pesce Azzurro in Woodstock, Cape Town. And we are molto grato

7 mins

Bean Counting

When you’re not dunking a rusk into your favourite brew (see page 84), we think espresso-infused affogato, mocha crème caramel or tiramisu cheesecake are the best way to get your caffeine fix

6 mins

One For All

All you need is your biggest pot (or pan) and Phillippa Cheifitz’s easy, Italian-inspired recipes and you have five of the best weeknight suppers this side of Naples. No-stir risotto? Tick. Garlicky fall-apart lamb? Tick. Minimal washing up? Tick. You’ve got this

6 mins

Make A Meal Of It

Who in their right mind still has midweek dinner parties? Christine Capendale, that’s who. In her new book Meals, the cooking teacher shares her one-course strategy (and a Caprese chicken schnizza!) for actually having friends over again, and again

8 mins

Walk This Way!

Fuelled by beef ragù, handmade salami, local wine and lots of espresso, Richard Holmes earns his kilojoules on a walking holiday through Italy’s Ligurian Apennines

7 mins

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TASTE is a multi-platform food brand – at the heart of which is an award-winning magazine with an annual frequency of 11 issues – produced by New Media Publishing for South African retailer, Woolworths.

Innovative in design and content, TASTE presents delicious recipes in a beautiful yet accessible way. For the past 13 years, it has partnered with Woolworths to build brand loyalty by educating customers about quality food and sustainable business practices, and introducing them to food personalities and trends to help them cook with confidence.

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The TASTE team