When it comes to laid-back, festive, scrumptious food that’s packed with flavour, the Italians just know how. I’ve taken a few tips from their most popular traditional cheese-themed recipes to …
Pizza & Pasta
A Simple Italian Feast with Poetry Stores
Rain or shine, summer or winter – Italian cooking wins my vote every single time. There’s just something generously simple about the food culture of Italy: not too many …
Pan-fried potato gnocchi with blue cheese sauce
Some classic dishes are not to be tampered with. They are beautiful in their simplicity, their uncomplicated perfection, their timeless deliciousness. I feel that way about potato gnocchi with blue …
My Top 5 Budget-Beating Dinner Recipes
While most of us are still recovering from a spendalicious festive season, this not-so-new year is already heading for March at the speed of light. And with Valentines Day and …
Pizza verde
There is something really beautiful about a pizza topped with only one colour – in this case green. I’ve made hundreds of pizzas in my life, mostly with a traditional …
Orzo salad with chorizo, spinach & parmesan
Orzo (also called risoni or rosmarino) is a type of short cut pasta, shaped like a long flat grain of rice. While my mother served it to us plain as …
Roasted vegetable lasagne
The colder months in Stellenbosch are magical. Trees turn gold to orange to deeply auburn, then shed their colourful leaves in the streets before standing bare against the moody grey …
Potato gnocchi with panfried mushrooms & sage butter
Potato gnocchi has a bad reputation for being difficult and temperamental. I recently got the hang of it and it is now a regular favourite in my household. It’s amazing …
Spinach ravioli with smoked mozzarella & fresh tomato sauce
This Friday we’ll be celebrating Women’s Day – a day where we are reminded that women played a big role in South Africa’s human rights history. Back in 1965, a …
Spaghetti with roasted cauliflower, blue cheese and walnuts
This dish was born out of a shameless craving for the taste of parmesan-roasted cauliflower, rich blue cheese and toasted walnuts. Not an everyday combo, I know. It could have …