Who said you can’t have ice cream in Winter? There’s a new product on the market called “Velvet” by First Choice – you might have seen me explore it in …
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While browsing through December 2014’s Taste Magazine, I came across this decadent recipe for salted chocolate fudge with cinnamon and pecan nuts by Abigail Donnelly. Lesson no.1: Never get rid …
Real fudge
When I was in primary school in the late 1980’s, I created my first recipe book. It was a “reporters notebook”, ringbound, with a model posing as a cowgirl on …
Lunch at La Petit Ferme (spring menu)
Three weeks ago we had the privilege of being invited to lunch at La Petit Ferme – one of the jewels in Franschhoek’s infinite destination treasure chest. This iconic manor …
White chocolate & pecan nut blondies
During this time of the year, all I really want to do is bake. I whip out all of my favourite baking books and I page through them for …
Best cocoa brownies from Food52 Genius Desserts
Last year December, I bought Food52‘s incredible book, Genius Desserts. To say that this book is an inspiration, is an understatement. It is one of the best baking books …
Revamped small plates menu at Majeka House
Yesterday, I attended a media lunch preview of the revamped popular small plates menu at Makaron Restaurant, Majeka House in Paradyskloof, Stellenbosch. This restaurant was named as one of …
Chocolate peanut butter sundae with cheat’s roasted banana ice cream
Woolworths recently approached me to become involved with their very exciting Flavour Society campaign (#wwflavoursociety), where the flavour of the month is chocolate. Check out their amazing pin board this …
Red muscadel & soda cocktails
The kind people from Sodastream SA recently sent me a Sodastream Sourceto review, and I was just delighted to see my bright red new machine arriving via courier. Although there …
Custard cake
I consider myself very lucky to have grown up in our neighbourhood in Uniepark, Stellenbosch. There were many other children around, and we would play in the park across our …