IMMERSE YOUR SENSES
LOUIS XIII COGNAC THE THESAURUS LAUNCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA A LOUIS XIII tasting experience does not merely involve a few swirls of the liquid, a whiff of the cognac’s aromas […]
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Stories
PASSION FOR PRECISION
MY LIFELONG LOVE OF AVIATION I remember as a child — looking up at the sky from the hay fields, seeing the vapour trails of the aeroplanes passing overhead —
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MY VISIT TO STELLENBOSCH GARDEN WEEK
A CONVERSATION WITH BLAAUWKLIPPEN’S BEN-CARL VAN DER MERWE I was so honoured to be asked to attend Stellenbosch Garden Week. Without realising it, gardens have played a huge role in
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CLEVER STASHING
SMARTEN UP YOUR FOOD STORAGE WITH THESE THREE SOLUTIONS My mother always said, “If everything’s got a place, you’ll always know where they are.” As a child, I hated hearing
HOW TO RESET YOUR HOME
5 STEPS TO CREATING THE SPACE YOU REALLY WANT We’ve all been there. Once upon a time, when you first moved into your own place – whether it was a
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IS KOMBUCHA ALL THAT?
A LOOK AT THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF THIS “MIRACLE DRINK” As with most fads, many of us have been taught to throw caution to the wind, although caution often blows
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SPICE IT UP
YOUR NEW FAVOURITE HERB AND SPICE CHEAT SHEET If food were a language, proteins would be the nouns, adding weight and substance. Fruits and vegetables would be the adjectives, colouring
HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN PLEASURE GARDEN
A GUIDE FROM THE HISTORY BOOKS In the beginning, there was Eden, arguably the most famous garden in history, which let’s face it, was totally a pleasure garden if the
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THE GARDEN BOUQUET
We are surrounded by boundless beauty, whether hiking up a hill in the Franschhoek Valley, wandering through a veld outside of Witbank, or stretching our legs in our very own
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KITCHEN CHAMELEON
CAN YOU EVER HAVE JUST ONE APPLIANCE? Over the course of my career, I’ve pursued so many passions that I’ve become a chameleon. Put me in a kitchen and I’m