In this issue

THE italian ISSUE: all the winter comfort you need

SPOTLIGHT ON Les Créatifs

Chef Wandile Mabaso of Les Créatifs in Johannesburg is putting his classical French training to work on plates honed by a baptism of fire in New York and Paris

3 mins

The pasta boy

Inspired by Italian holidays with her young son, Sam Woulidge dishes up a Saffa-Italian crossover for your weekly dinner roster

3 mins

Bred in the bone

The smell of simmering bone broth always takes Mogau Seshoene back to winter school holidays, spent with her grandparents and cousins in rural Limpopo

2 mins

Michelin possible

TASTE food director Abigail Donnelly loves a secret mission, especially when it involves a trip to France to interview a top chef - and eating her fill of pissaladière and gelato

3 mins

SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF THIS

"A humble but fancy AF artisanal dessert studio" is how Pretoria's Stephanie Ceronio describes her Jack Rabbit Chocolate Studio, and there's no better way to define the space where she conjures up her award-winning creations

6 mins

Buon appetito!

Inspired by her travels, Abigail Donnelly's collection of regional classics - with a few clever twists will inspire you to bring Italy to your table this winter

7 mins

THE NGUNI REVOLUTIONARY

At her Cape Town restaurant, Emazulwini, Mmabatho Molefe is changing the way the world views Nguni food. Try her homecooked winter favourites and see for yourself

8 mins

GET THE JUICE

Add a ray of sunshine to your winter bakes and savoury dishes with seasonal citrus in recipes such as Hannah Lewry's "impossible" flan cake, chargrilled pork with a zingy noodle salad, and poached fish with caramelised ClemenGolds

8 mins

Tutto in famiglia

Owned by a family obsessed with quality food, Lello's in Cape Town is the kind of neighbourhood deli you'll wish you had around the corner in your neck of the woods

10 mins

"WE LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND"

Woolies' head office isn't just a nerve centre where many of the innovative products you find on shelf are created. It's also where culinary innovation manager Scott Parker and team are running a feeding scheme and training next-gen chefs

6 mins

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Woolworths TASTE Magazine Description:

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.

Other platforms include Facebook (WWTaste) , Twitter (@WWTaste) and Instagram (@WWTaste), and the brand connects weekly with a highly engaged base of online users through a digital newsletter.

The TASTE team