Christmas is around the corner and the festive spirit is almost tangible! This year, we’re planning an afternoon affair, lazily celebrating into the cooler summer evening. With the serious heat …
Year:
2012
Mediterranean seafood soup
Every December, we go to Keurboomstrand on the Garden Route to spend our holiday – one of the most beautiful places in the world. We have a long family history …
Soetkoekies
The taste of these old-fashioned sweet buttery biscuits takes me straight back to my childhood home in Stellenbosch, where I baked several batches of these each year before our annual …
Garlic pitas with double-cream tzatziki
When it comes to Summer tapas, simpler is always better. And when you love Greek food as much as I do, you simply have to go with freshly baked garlic …
The Food Fox’s Kitchen
Cheat’s mango ice cream
I grew up in a house where vanilla ice cream was freely available – we had it for dessert almost every single day, with my Mom’s homemade chocolate sauce. It …
Roasted garlic prawns
There are 2 types of people in this world: those who eat crustaceans, and those who don’t. I consider myself chief of the crustacean-eating clan. Prawns are a messy affair …
Dinner at Keenwa
My husband recently mentioned that he would love to check out the food of Peru. Peruvian cuisine? I’m not very well traveled, but I watch a lot of international food …
Smoked trout puffs
My brother-in-law, Gerhard Compion, is the trout farmer on Lourensford Estate. I recently got involved in the family business by doing some marketing and distribution for his company, Lourensford Trout. …