This recipe for a classic South African smoked snoek pate comes from Isabella Niehaus’s beautiful new cookbook ‘Duinhuis’ (Dune House). The book – which is written in Afrikaans,…
The Internet has informed me that tomorrow is Shrove Tuesday so I thought I would share my 4 favourite pancake recipes. Any Day that celebrates pancakes is my kind…
Liam Tomlin and his exquisite cookbook Thali inspired this recipe for fried curry salt & pepper squid. Its one of the most vibrant and beautiful cookbooks I’ve ever…
Huevos Rancheros is a traditional Mexican breakfast of fried eggs smothered in cooked salsa and wrapped in a warm flour tortilla, and I absolutely adore this dish with…
A Dutch baby pancake is akin to a Yorkshire pudding and is one of the most delicious things you can serve for breakfast. It puffs up dramatically in…
Marshmallow sweetie pies are an iconic South African sweet treat and the stuff that confectionary dreams are made of. Snappy chocolate domes smother pillowy marshmallow nestled on a…
Jamie Oliver’s new cookbook and TV series ‘ Jamie Cooks Italy’ has me in raptures. I’m obsessed with everything Italian, so watching Jamie and Genarro Contaldo cruising around…
I have been making jam since I was 12 years old. I would pick loquats off the tree in the garden and boil them up with sugar and hope…
Friends of mine produce a very cool craft rum in a small distillery in Noordhoek and I’ve been dying to make a cocktail with it. Copeland Rum is…
There are a few things I use as a metric to judge a cookbook, and one of these is how urgently I feel the need to hit my…
This savoury tomato tart tartin with basil and Parmesan is very easy to make. The success of the dish lies in the quality of tomatoes, and for this…
I’ve been working on this recipe for a while now and I’m very excited to finally share it with you. A year ago I committed to initiating a…