All Aboard
A cheese board laden with the very best selection of cheeses plus preserves and edible treats to complement them is one of life’s true joys.
Food
Dirty Little Secrets
Just like any South African who has spent time abroad, I feel a definite sense of home when I return and feel African ground beneath my feet. It is like the earth here has a different “vibration”
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Breaking Bread at La Motte
Be it breakfast, brunch, lunch or a laidback afternoon drink – La Motte invites you for a cup of freshly brewed coffee and artisan bakes just out of the oven.
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Eat Like a Vegeterranean
In the Mediterranean – from Spain and Portugal, all along the coast through France, Italy, Greece, Turkey and the door of the Middle East through North Africa to Morocco – food is so much more than fuel. It’s pleasure.
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High Cakes
Only when someone asked you especially do you need to bake your own cake, unless you want to. See it as an exercise in creativity.
How South Africa Feasts
We caught up with Hannes Maritz recently to get his take on what makes South Africans so unique in the way we feast, and how we like to set our tables.
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Mise en Place
Mise en place is so ingrained in modern kitchens that it’s hard to believe there wasn’t always such a system in restaurants.
Beyond Organic
We urban dwellers are slaves to our labels. Certified organic, fair trade, free range… when we don’t grow our own, it’s all we have to go on.
Taking it Further
We so often overlook sauces, stocks, dressings and batters as a bridge we need to cross on the way to putting dinner on the table. But take a moment to consider how versatile they are.
Food becomes Art
Embark on a culinary adventure and immerse yourself in a world of infinite creativity with JAN the Journal Volume 11.