Hot Sauce: yesterday, and today. The Sauces Rocking our Plates Right Now Send her the Tabasco When I look back on it, nothing could adequately have prepared me. At the age of 17, I left the snug-safety of my mother’s aromatic Indian kitchen and hurtled into the unknown world of well-worn communal tables and the [...]
Markets & Cooking in Fez, Morocco Even before we reach our riad, a silent journey from Meknes with a surly but kind driver, I decide that I like Fes. Leaving Riad Norma, in the steep enclave of Ziat, we huff and puff at a hurried pace to our cooking class at Clock Café. Past the [...]
Goat Cari and Garam Massalé – Feasting in Réunion Island Linguistics, culture and feasting in Reunion Island. Tamils on the Island Carol & Frederika “The desire to identify as Tamil is important to us because it was denied in the past,” says Frederika Ramaretty when I ask about the peculiar nomenclature on Réunion [...]
Budapest Food Guide Deep-fried pastry, goulash, smoked meats, creamy paprika sauces, poppy-seed cakes and white wine spritzers – summer or winter, elegant Budapest puts on a hearty spread. A Budapest Food Guide for Fine Dining Lovers Chain Bridge, by evening light At Retro Büfe kiosk, close to the Arany Janos Utca metro line, home [...]
Rėunion Island – Land of Spice and Coffee, And Cultural Overlap sunset Reunion 700 km from Madagascar, Réunion Island, land of spice and coffee (formerly Île de Bourbon) a French outpost, is a small volcanic mass in the Indian Ocean. Réunion displays a mixed Asian and African heritage, while maintaining a distinctly French [...]
Visitor's Guide to Knysna - The Garden Route view of heads Everyone coos over the Garden Route - with good reason too. If you're visiting, here's my visitor's guide to Knysna. Even repeat visitors may find something new to enjoy here. Having its origins in the Khoi language, Knysna is said to mean [...]
What you can expect to eat on Safari - Not the ellie! Promise Wondered what you can expect to eat on safari in Africa? Read on.. (Nope, not an ellie. Promise!) It’s 5 30 am and the wake-up call is shrill, shredding the still air like nails down a chalkboard. Still groggy (and grumpy) from a long night [...]
Banting Banter An introduction to Banting: Is there room for bread? Banting and the Tim Noakes diet have been the talk of almost every dinner party and social gathering I’ve attended in the last few months. A number of friends and Twitter followers have confirmed that this has been their experience too. Many [...]
Bunny Chow - one of Durban's best Indian food snacks and the history of the name
Brazilian food is a mix of influences, from Africa to Portugal and the immigrant cultures of the Japanese and Lebanese too. Where to get the best bites in Rio and São Paulo.
Pop-Up Restaurants in South Africa - how the concept evolved and where it is today. Plus a list of must-try pop-ups
Urban food foraging and why it's catching on. Meet Loubie Rusch and Charles Standing. For SAA Sawubona inflight mag.
The Interesting Journey of Curry - how curry travelled the world Durban style crab and prawn curries For Sunday Times Extra, Sunday 14 June 2014 What constitutes an authentic curry? Every accomplished cook would like to believe that the curries, biryanis and soups served at home, recipes passed down from great-grandmothers or from [...]
Dining in Dubai - the Real Food of Dubai This article appears in Good Taste SA, June 2014 Packing your bags with the appropriate attire for dining in Dubai can be a nerve-wracking experience. It isn’t about knowing when it’s appropriate to show a little skin, and how much, in this the largest of the [...]
Inside the Bo-Kaap Kitchen - The Cape Malay Plate The pretty pastel houses of the Bo-Kaap in Cape Town offer more than the perfect backdrop for photographs. Inside the walls of the homes live the Cape Malay people whose history and recipes have influenced the religion over centuries and remain well preserved today This article [...]
South African Olive Oil South African Olive oil and table olives have earned their place with the world’s best. Public awareness and increasing demand means more farms are offering tastings, pairings and workshops. For SAA Mango Juice, June 2014. There is something very stately about an olive tree. The gnarled, twisted trunk and silvery-green branches [...]
Entomophagy – Insects as Food and the Future Entomophagy is the widely popular practice of eating insects. When viewed from a nutritional and environmentally sustainable perspective, many leading scientists predict entomophagy to be the next big food trend. Ishay Govender-Ypma investigates entomophagy – insects as food and the future. For SAA Mango Juice, May 2014 [...]
Truth Coffee Shop in Cape Town - steampunk meets the future, with excellent coffee
Come Dine With Us: Supper Clubs Supper clubs, once exclusively underground, clandestine, anti-establishment and the toughest reservation to get in town, are going mainstream in a city near you. For Marie Claire, May 2014. Pop-up, closed door, underground, shebeen, anti-restaurant, the idea of eating meals outside the confines of a traditional restaurant setting has now become a regular night out. If you flip [...]
A go-to flop proof vanilla sponge recipe with master baker Mari-Louis Guy for Woman & Home April 2014
