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In The Kitchen With Abigail Mbalo

This MasterChef SA competitor and former dental technologist is one inspiring woman. At her Khayelitsha restaurant, 4Roomed eKasi Culture, she’s making a strong case for connecting South Africans through food

How To Drink And Save The Planet

Follow Justin Smith of WWF-SA’s lead by choosing wines produced by top farms with Wine Conservation Champion status. These six will start you on your eco-friendly drinking ways

Planting A Seed

Henry Firth and Ian Theasby’s plant-based video channel Bosh.tv reaches over 25 million people a month. In their second cookbook, Bish Bash Bosh!, they showcase the fun vegan food that’s made them famous

Walk This Way!

Fuelled by beef ragù, handmade salami, local wine and lots of espresso, Richard Holmes earns his kilojoules on a walking holiday through Italy’s Ligurian Apennines

Sister Act

Italy is not all pizza and pasta, as SAM WOULIDGE discovered on a recent visit to Naples. It’s also about shopping and sequins and sisters, and lots of chilled limoncello

Best Of The Brunch

Favourite meal of the season? The post-Christmas leftover brunch, obvs. If there was trout, gammon, fresh berries and Italian cake on your festive menu you have the makings of one of Phillippa Cheifitz’s best Family Day menus

Play To The Crowd

Expecting to host the masses these holidays? Siba Mtongana is the undisputed queen of easy, showstopping recipes that will please everyone from special guests and extended family, to picky eaters and little ones

Stollen Moments

This Christmas, SAM WOULIDGE will be making traditional German stollen for the first time. She has even surprised herself with how easy it can be – and can’t wait to surprise friends with her home-made gift

Nik Rabinowitz

A comedian walked into The Kitchen in Woodstock and ordered something ‘erbal because he’d already had too much caffeine that day. We just took notes

'Tis The Season For Spice

Nothing says it's Christmas quite like the smell of a clove-studded gammon roasting in the oven. Or cinnamon-and-vanilla poached stone fruit simmering on the stove. Or a huge tray of nutmeg-spiked potatoes. Or ginger-infused caramel trifles. It all smells good

My Favourite Table Carl Wastie

When he’s not hosting KFM’s Flash Drive, big sports events or parties, or playing midwife to his pregnant Boston terrier, this DJ is a certified food nerd. We met up with him at Chefs Warehouse, Beau Constantia.

My Mother Superior

When Sam Woulidge feels the urge to be productive – by making a large batch of stand-by muffin mix for example – she knows her mom is watching over her.

Dale Stevens

This young gun took over the reins at Faber in Paarl just nine months ago. Now, he’s putting his own stamp on the restaurant, with inspiration from the biodynamic farm that surrounds him. He talks ladybirds, chickweed, and the best bacon and eggs you’ll ever try.

So, You Think You Can't Cook?

But you can, trust us. Follow Abigail Donnelly’s fail-proof methods and you will banish that sinking-soufflé feeling, discover the secret to crisp-skinned fish, featherlight scones and nail the tricky flavour balance in a Thai curry paste.

Wine Know-How: Cellar Secrets

We asked five sommeliers to uncork the mysteries of collecting, pairing and cooking with wine. They were happy to spill their inside intel on six of your most pressing questions …

Where Jozi eats

If you think the only places to eat in Joburg are in a mall, think again. Milpark’s 44 Stanley precinct has been feeding (and entertaining) discerning Joburgers for over a decade. And here are a few reasons why…

My Favourite Table - Arno Carstens

Even rock stars need to eat! We caught up with the Springbok Nude Girls front man at Harbour House in Kalk Bay to talk sea views, songwriting and his failed career as a Spur waiter

Out Of This World

No budget for world travel? That’s no reason not to eat your way around the globe. Phillippa Cheifitz’s five best internationally inspired recipes starring duck legs, curried mussels, slow-roasted lamb and sticky pork are designed to take you places

Love, Lima

Over the past five years, Peruvian chefs have been showing up on all the right restaurant awards lists. So, are you making plans to visit the culinary capital? You should be, says Ishay Govender-Ypma

New World Order

If, like us, you regularly experience menu anxiety, you’ll be pleased to know that small plates are still a big thing. Pick your favourite international cuisine and we’ll give you the tasting menu to match If, like us, you regularly experience menu anxiety, you’ll be pleased to know that small plates are still a big thing. Pick your favourite international cuisine and we’ll give you the tasting menu to match

Quick Sticks

Never perfected pad Thai? Reluctant to try ramen? Freaked out by pho? It all starts with a working knowledge of the humble noodle. Put the kettle on, we have 10 smart ideas for instant gratification

5 Minutes With Jeannie D

What do you do when your DNA demands that you avoid red meat, but alcohol has no adverse effect? Make like Jeannie D and keep a bottle of G.H. Mumm in your fridge at all times.

The Food Of Love

When her son compared his love for her to his favourite meal, SAM WOULIDGE felt she might have earned her motherhood credentials.

Breaking Bread

When he learned how to make a seemingly simple childhood favourite, EUGENE YIGA also rediscovered his mother’s love.

The Burma Chronicles

If you consider yourself an Asian street-food aficionado, book yourself a culinary expedition to BURMA. Fill your wallet with kyat (a little goes a long way) and fly to Yangon to sample mild, rich curries, dosa-like “gangster snacks” and the samoosa salad of your dreams

The Spice Girl

Six hundred years ago, wars were fought and empires built over the spice trade. Today, Ami Kapilevich will tell you, the business is a lot more modern and professional, but it hasn’t lost its swashbuckling excitement

Wine Know-how Meet Your Perfect Match

Shiraz or Chenin Blanc? Wooded or unwooded? Old World or New World? The best way to answer your own questions is to drink more wine (easy!), be adventurous, and turn your quest into an experience.

Behind Bars: Durban Lucky Shaker

When one of our team members returned from a pilgrimage to the Umhlanga branch of this bar, she couldn’t stop raving about a certain pineapple-and coconut cocktail. We had to find out why.

Helsinki Highs

Finland’s capital is cool, quirky and progressively modern – book a room in the heart of the city, then visit these eight eateries for the best food and drink in town.

The Taste Case

This month, Allan Mullins curates a case of six versatile rosés to put on ice for al fresco feasting, from picnics and braais to the big Easter lunch.