Cooking
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Real Corkers
No other bottle can take you through the day quite as effortlessly – from brunch to midnight toasts. Here’s the Allan Mullins guide to the local and foreign bubbles that should fill your glass this summer
5 min |
November 2018
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Gin-Spiration!
Tired of shelling out for artisanal gin? This party season, buy a cheaper bottle and get creative with your own home infusions
2 min |
November 2018
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Holy Cannoli!
Palermo ranks as one of the world’s top streetfood destinations, which means it’s time to give mainland Italy the boot and fly to Sicily instead. Melanie van Zyl ate her way to the heart of cannoli country
6 min |
November 2018
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The Urban Legend
They say you should never go back to a place where you have been happy. Sam Woulidge disagrees. The secret ingredient at a legendary tapas bar in Barcelona makes every visit as magical as the first.
3 min |
March 2019
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Eneko Atxa
Meet Basque chef Eneko Atxa who heads up three-Michelin-star restaurant Azurmendi outside Bilbao, as well as a growing empire of Eneko restaurants from London to Tokyo.
3 min |
March 2019
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Bubbling Under Nolu Dube-Cele
At the recent FoodXX conference in Cape Town, the woman behind catering company Seven Colours Eatery spoke about the challenges of starting out in the food industry. But it’s clear this young entrepreneur doesn’t allow any obstacle to get in her way
3 min |
May 2019
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The Upper Crust
When it comes to the ultimate all-in-one meal, nothing beats a savoury pie. Whether it’s cauli-cheese encased in puff pastry, a smoky fish pie topped with mounds of mash, or an impressive beef Wellington for Sunday lunch, Abigail Donnelly’s next-level recipes are far from humble.
8 min |
May 2019
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Always Look On The Bright Side
Chef James Diack is so committed to seasonal eating that almost all the ingredients on the menus at his three Joburg restaurants come from his family’s organic farm in the Magaliesberg. Visit Brightside and you’ll find a little piece of heaven where a boar named after Barry Manilow runs the show…
5 min |
August 2017
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Deck The Halls
If crackers and fake holly are the extent of your Christmas table décor, it’s time to up your game. To inspire you, we asked floral design guru Heike Hayward to create the ultimate festive table, using flowers, fresh produce and beautiful crockery. And we loved it so much we decided to make it a series
2 min |
December 2018
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How The Cookie Crumbles
This year, bake up a batch of the fudgiest, crumbliest, easiest, most delicious home-made treats to share with friends, decorate the tree or give as gifts. Biscuits or cookies, sweet or savoury – leave out a plate of these babies on Christmas Eve and you’ll definitely score with Santa
8 min |
December 2018
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Cook Like A Chef
One of the hardest working chefs in the business, Bertus Basson says his restaurants are how his dreams “get to live”. The spin-off cookbook from his TV show, Being Bertus Basson, features some of the most popular dishes from all his restaurants so you can taste a bit of the dream in your own home
6 min |
December 2018
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Round Trip
Yes, Luke Dale Roberts has opened a new restaurant, but it’s head chef Ryan Cole you should pay attention to this time. Straight off the back of helping The Test Kitchen secure the title of Best Restaurant in Africa, he’s now headlining Salsify at the Roundhouse
7 min |
December 2018
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Jose Avillez
With a string of successful restaurants behind his name, including the two-Michelin-starred Belcanto in Lisbon, the 38-year-old is undisputedly Portugal’s top chef. He chatted to Ishay Govender-Ypma about sharing recognition, charity beginning at home and how cooking for diners is like being a clown in a circus
3 min |
January/February 2018
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Dates To Remember
Cutting back on sweets and chocolates after the festive season isn’t easy, especially for a four-year-old, but Sam Woulidge’s love of dried fruit (and nostalgia) saves Seb from lunchbox gloom
2 min |
January/February 2018
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The Reluctant Cook
Her lack of interest in cooking belies Georgia Black’s passion for food. She’s even created a business around it – Littlegig festival, where the menu for the weekend is just as important as the music
3 min |
January/February 2018
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Liquidity Forecast
Wine producers, sommeliers and bartenders know exactly what you should be drinking more of this year. Here are their seven serving suggestions for 2018
3 min |
January/February 2018
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The Umami Hunter
Can you tell your porcinis from your pine rings? If not, stay out of the woods. Alternatively, enlist the help of passionate forager Justin Williams, who keeps local chefs supplied with wild mushrooms and took the TASTE team on “the silent hunt”
6 min |
June 2017
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Desert Dining
Eat your heart out, Ottolenghi. On top of dramatic deserts and ancient sites, Jordan also boasts culinary traditions influenced by North Africa, the Middle East, Persia and the Med. So you can feast on everything from cheese-stuffed pastries to subterranean stews.
5 min |
June 2017
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The Savoury Route
The world’s best bartenders are giving sugary, fruity cocktails a break and shaking up veggie juices, herbs, vinegars and broths instead. And garnishes are following suit. Bacon swizzle stick, anyone?
1 min |
June 2017
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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 min |
July 2019
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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 min |
July 2019
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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+ min |
July 2019
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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 min |
July 2019
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The Brew Crew
You have to be bold to open a brewery in the heart of the Cape winelands, it’s true. But when you’re a Belgian beer enthusiast with a two talented women on your team – one an award-winning brewer and the other a chef who has cooked for a Hollywood action hero – how can you fail?
8 min |
August 2019
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Gogo's Kitchen
Award-winning author Nozizwe Cynthia Jele relives her earliest food memories, from soft porridge (good) to her first brinjals (bad), all cooked by her grandmother
3 min |
August 2019
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What I Know Now - Tamsin Snyman
As an academy chair for The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, Tamsin Snyman has a unique perspective on how SA’s food scene measures up globally. She talks consistency, frozen chocolate mousse and continuing her mother’s incredible legacy
5 min |
August 2019
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What's For Pudding?
You don’t have to be a woman to be a great pastry chef, but these women are all undeniably at the top of the dessert game. We asked them to share their most requested, most foolproof recipes because nothing brings happiness like a wedge of cheesecake you can call your own
10+ min |
August 2019
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Kernels Of Truth
The simple mielie turns out to be the perfect gateway vegetable in Sam Woulidge’s attempts to get her son to try new things
3 min |
March 2018
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Loyiso Mtoba
He cut his teeth at Bocca and Burrata in Cape Town and now he’s making a name for himself at Bryanston’s buzzing Gemelli Pantry – and online – with his gorgeous blog, Loyiso and Spoon. From deep-fried bagels with mango sorbet to pig’s-head tortellini, this is one creative young chef
3 min |
July 2018
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Michelin Man
SA’s first chef to receive a Michelin star is never idle. Jan-Hendrik van der Westhuizen’s latest project? A full-colour journal, cataloguing what goes on in his mind, and in his kitchen
2 min |