I was recently lucky enough to attend the launch of Earthling Food, the new vegan cookbook by Isabella Niehaus and Louis Jansen van Vuuren. Their previous plant-based book, There’s a Vegan on my Verandah, was utterly brilliant, so much so that it won them the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in 2023. Their latest offering promises to do just as [...]
Well folks, we’re almost through it – just another month and winter is officially over. It’s been an exceptionally wet and cold one in Cape Town. My response has been to hunker down and find comfort in warming dishes celebrating the best ingredients winter has to offer. Like this winter root vegetable bake – think potatoes, parsnips, carrots and [...]
The heavens opened on Monday here in the Cape, our first rain for many months. It’s early for rain, but it’s a little nudge from nature to let me know that the first official month of autumn is only days away. The signs are all around – crisper mornings, earlier sunsets, the trees lining the streets starting to turn brilliant [...]
Eternal optimist that I am, I start smelling spring from the second week of August. Of course winter isn’t nearly done with us, expect her to give us a smart smack or two yet! It’s nothing that I cannot survive with a glass or two of good red wine in my hand. Quite fitting then that we’ll be celebrating [...]
I don’t often post vegetarian recipes because stats don't lie and what mine show me is that my readers adore meat recipes – the redder the better! As existing on lamb chops, boerewors and steak is not the cleverest lifestyle choice, I’m for once making a meatless Monday exception. I pack lentils with plenty of good-for-you veggies and I give [...]
French and easy – that’s a galette for you. I’m a bit of a fan of this Gallic free form tart with its endless options for fillings. Recently I embraced the flavours of southern France and made a tapenade and onion galette. This week I’m paying homage to Normandy in northern France, home of Camembert with a Camembert, leek [...]