& Beyond Phinda Mountain Lodge is still a firm favourite on the gourmet map BEST KEPT SECRET? It’s an old favourite, launched when luxury game lodges in the bush were still a novelty. Phinda has always been the ultimate bush experience, and the private game reserve now has three accommodation options on offer – forest lodge, mountain lodge and rock lodge (which has recently been refurbished). Mountain Lodge is one of the bigger camps, with 25 suites, while the others are smaller and more intimate. Attention to detail and exceptional service are still major drawcards – from the Amarula hot…
Bill Granger, Gino D’Acampo, Heston Blumenthal and more…By Andrea Pafitis-Hill and Ingrid CassonSUGAR, SUGAR (Simon and Schuster, R310) Take two sassy American “sugar mommas” with wild imaginations and…
Gordon Ramsay, Rachel Allen, Adam Liaw and more…THE HEART OF THE HOME (Random House Struik, R403) In her second cookbook Australia’s first MasterChef Julie Goodwin shares 100 of her tasty family recipes, from blackened beef to custardy cake and no-bake cheesecake. FROM SEASON TO SEASON (HarperCollins, R295) TV foodie Sophie Dahl promotes fresh, seasonal produce that she believes was the only way to eat in less modern times. The styling is nostalgic and vintage, ingredients are wholesome and each seasonal chapter has a few quirky anecdotes about her life. COOKING FOR FRIENDS (HarperCollins, R275) Gordon Ramsay’s latest book is a…
Mourad Lahlou, Sarah Graham, Donna Hay and more…By Andrea Pafitis-HillBITTEN. (Struik Lifestyle, R230) What began as Sarah Graham’s food blog, afoodieliveshere.wordpress. com, has resulted in this cookbook that…
Sally Bee, Jennifer Irvine, Serge Dansereau and more…By Andrea Pafitis-HillFRENCH BISTRO (Flammarion, R435) In featuring 12 of the best bistros in Paris, Bertrand Auboyneau, owner of the Paul Bert bistro, and Le Figaro food critic, François Simon, pay homage to honest French fare like organic tomato, anchovy, black olive and arugula salad, Niçoise style and sole meunière with lemon-buttered steamed potatoes – simple flavours that reach new heights when delicately balanced on a plate. MARIE CLAIRE: FRESH + EASY (Murdoch Books, R255) With engaging chapter titles like ‘Savour’, ‘Zen’, ‘Tang’ and ‘Earthy’, you won’t know which page to turn to…
MasterChef USA winner Whitney Miller gives us a peek into her world of food before she comes to South Africa for the Cape Town Good Food & Wine…
A leisurely lunch with renowned chef Lientjie Wessel lingers into a lazy late afternoon – the perfect daydream. Chef Lientjie Wessel, formerly of the über-cool Li-bel Bistro in Pretoria, has set up shop at Albizia Restaurant in Cullinan. This tiny diamond mining town, approximately 100km from Johannesburg, is this season’s hot spot for cool people. There are now almost as many antique shops, artisanal food producers and shabby-chic guest houses as mineworkers in Cullinan. By next year the place will probably be cloyingly, unbearably hip, but for now it still feels like a deliciously hidden treasure. Because Lientjie works in her…
Despite his name, there is nothing even remotely dangerous about tall, bear-like chef and owner of The Foodbarn, Franck Dangereux. Unless, that is, you’re a sun-ripened tomato or…
There’s something about the distinctive freshness of pesto that pairs so beautifully with the heartiness of butternut. This butternut ravioli topped with baby marrow pesto is a filling dish packed with earthy flavours that’s sure to leave you satisfied.