Kim Shaw, F&HE copy editor, reminisces about veggie patches and the perfect cakeAll this gorgeous Joburg weather and spring planning has got me thinking about what to plant…

By Jenny HandleyTo launch their 2012 Gewürztraminer, The Beautiful Lady, Nederburg hosted a nose-to-tail lunch prepared by Pete Goffe-Wood of Kitchen Cowboys in what they term the “Salt…

F&HE art director Jani Venter enjoys a country getawayWe headed off to the rolling countryside of Magaliesburg for a weekend getaway and a night’s stay at the four-star…

Fun, food, craft beer and everything else… by F&HE art director, Jani VenterHartbeespoort Dam, or Harties, as the Gauteng locals call it, has always been known as quite…

By F&HE contributor Jenny HandleyThere can be no better way to spend a working day than enjoying a culinary escapade in the picturesque valley of Franschhoek. Given a…

F&HE contributor Jenny Handley meets Eric LanlardMeeting award-winning master patissiere chef Eric Lanlard at a breakfast hosted by le Creuset at Silwood Kitchen in Cape Town made for…

By Rosanne Buchanan “Welcome to the Vegas of Africa,” said the parking attendant as we (and 100s of visitors) descended on the casino complex. The last time I…

By Rosanne BuchananReuben Riffel is without a doubt one of the most likeable, easy-going celebrity chefs around. No airs and graces, in spite of his meteoritic rise to…

Faced with a school project to ‘Write a Technical Document Giving Directions’, 14-year-old Joburg resident Ioan Paphitis opted for a step-by-step guide to toasted sandwiches. We just had…

By Rosanne BuchananI’ve eaten courgette flowers before, prepared by talented chefs, and was always a bit intimidated at the thought of making them myself… But now that I…