POTIRON MEANS PUMPKIN
TIPS AND TRICKS FROM THE FRENCH PUMPKIN PATCH Why is it when someone utters the words, French cooking, we feel a shudder of panic? Do the French know how […]
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A HELPING HAND
WHY HAND SANITISER IS HERE TO STAY Grabbing a bottle of hand sanitiser before leaving the house wasn’t part of most of our routines over a year ago. Now, everywhere
THE CRYPT
A TOUR OF KLEIN JAN’S ROOT CELLAR Creating a new culinary experience in a place as remote and untouched as the Kalahari requires great sensitivity. Every ingredient must be carefully
PRIDE OF THE SWARTLAND
MAKING JAN ORGANIC OLIVE OIL Over the years, living in the South of France and visiting Italy as often as I could, I’ve developed a palate for olive oil, literally
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BOERERAATJIES
A SMALL COLLECTION OF HOME REMEDIES FROM OUR PAST Boererate, those dubious wisdoms of old that somehow still cling to somewhere at the back our minds a generation after our
BY THE GLASS
A Guide to Enjoying Wine to the Full Our first acquaintance with wine harks back about 9000 years, in China. It was only around 4100 BC in Armenia, however, that
KITCHEN MYTHS
A NOSTALGIC LOOK AT OUR CULINARY SUPERSTITIONS You know, there is such a thing as becoming too sophisticated for your own good. Gosh, it’s almost like hearing your grandmother speak.
SOMETHING TO PROOF
WHY AND HOW TO USE A PROOFING BASKET The longer you continue on your food journey, the more you discover new ways to take your culinary skills up a notch.
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COMFORT CRAVING
The whole world is still living with the restrictions of the pandemic, and it’s not clear when that will change. All we know is that when change comes, it happens
MY FRANSE KOSVERHAAL
Elke storie het ‘n begin. Myne begin aan die tafels van my ma en ouma, waar die begrip van Suid-Afrikaanse gasvryheid stadig maar seker my bewussyn binnegesypel het om die
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