Just more than a week ago, I hosted a “secret dinner” at my home. I served a 5-course tomato-inspired dinner, and the evening was a huge success! We ended the …
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2012
Exotic coconut curry
I was invited by the kind people at Crush Online Magazine to participate in a cooking challenge! This challenge involved the new Findus frozen foods range, and specifically their Wok …
My secret dinner
On Saturday the 27th of October, I had the honor of hosting one of the Secret Dinners as part of the Spier Secret Festival – a food and wine celebration …
Strawberry tartlets with vanilla mascarpone
There are few things in life that taste more like summer than fresh strawberries. When we were children, my Dad used to make us “strawberries in syrup” for dessert. He …
Jane-Anne’s frozen lemon cream dessert
My dear friend and fellow blogger Jane-Anne Hobbs recently published a cookbook called “Scrumptious: Food for Family and Friends“. Jane-Anne is a seasoned food writer and recipe developer, and loves …
Roast chicken with garlic, lemon and thyme
Coming from a family of 6, we rarely had whole roasts of any kind when I was a child. Chicken was served as an economical dish, braaied or baked as …
Smoked snoek cheesecake
A savoury cheesecake? Yes please! Spring is the perfect season for light lunches like quiche and salad. This is a chunky savoury tart with all the delicious elements of a …
Baked trout with minted pea risotto
Some ingredients are so brilliantly vibrant and inspiring that you have to let them speak for themselves. This was the case with the organic peas that I got from Genesis …
Slow-roasted root vegetables
Every now and then my good friends at Genesis Organic Farm provide me with a box full of their latest seasonal produce. And every time it feels like Christmas! A …
Mille feuille
I’ve seen this breathtaking French pastry so many times, and still cannot pronounce it perfectly without doubting myself. “Meel fay” is the closest that I come to the real French! …