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Luke Dale Roberts’ Butternut strudel with white onion marmalade and cream cheese

Clare — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:28:46 +0000

Too busy to have Luke around to cook in your own kitchen? Not to worry, here’s a delicious recipe from the latest edition (May) of Women’s Health for Butternut Strudel, created by Luke himself. he’s busy enough himself these days, with The Test Kitchen packing them in. 200g butternut, peeled 10ml olive oil 6g thyme, chopped 2 sheets phyllo [...]

Mushroom hunting at Delheim.

Clare — Mon, 13 May 2013 12:55:47 +0000

“There are old mushroom hunters, there are bold mushroom hunters, but there are no old, bold mushroom hunters” - anon. The point is that you need to know your stuff, getting some decent advice from someone who is knowledgeable, or else you’ll kill or severly injure yourself. Gary Goldman is the Go-To guy in Cape Town [...]

Peter Templehoff at The Marine, Hermanus.

Clare — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:15:35 +0000

Hermanus is the kind of place you can do over a weekend. The town itself is a great base to explore the region You could also do some whalewatching, which is nearly in season as they come inshore to calve. You’ve also got Stanford up the road, and that, as many of us know, is the [...]

Jo Hill, Master Baker, Kalk Bay.

Clare — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:29:06 +0000

Jo Hill started baking bread professionally 6 years ago. She says that “If I wanted the good stuff I would have to bake it myself”. There was no decent bread to be had in Cape Town at the time. Most of what you buy in supermarkets, even today, are marshmallows of air, containing so many artificial ingredients that [...]

Cookbook review – Confessions of a Hungry Woman, by Sam Woulidge.

Clare — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:52:06 +0000

This cookery book will make you cry. It’s very special; a wonderful collection of memories, emotions, love letters and of course, recipes The author is Sam Woulidge and the book is called Confessions of a Hungry Woman. As Sam says; “When I write, I try to make sense of my world –the way I feel, what I fear, [...]

La Parada, Kalk Bay.

Clare — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:40:12 +0000

La Parada is a new tapas bar which has just opened in Kalk Bay, Cape Town. What makes this new spot stand out is that the tapas are as authentic as they get. Located beside the Olympia Cafe, La Parada has views of the harbour with red and blue fishing boats bobbing up and down on the [...]

Luckyfish and Chips in Muizenberg.

Clare — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 06:27:41 +0000

Fish and chips, a relatively simple dish to prepare, is very easy to get wrong. We’ve all experienced greasy limp chips, oily batter that is overcooked on the outside and raw on the inside and frozen fish. The fare at Luckyfish and Chips is excellent. The chips are triple fried in palm oil, the batter on [...]

The SASSI Seafood Circle.

Clare — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:19:43 +0000

Last night South Africa’s top chefs and restaurants, who are passionate about sustainable seafood, were honoured at the launch of the SASSI Seafood Circle at the Harbour House in the V&A. Janine Basson Manager of WWF-SASSI said, “WWF-SASSI is delighted to announce the launch of the SASSI Seafood Circle, presented by Pick n Pay. Building on the [...]

Chefs Chat – Koshi Koyama, Kyoto Gardens Sushi.

Clare — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:49:22 +0000

Where were you born? Tokyo, Japan. How long have you been in Cape Town? I arrived in 1989 and never left. What do you like to eat? I eat rice with meat during the day and then rice with seafood at night. I do not like spicy food. What is the best kind of fish to go with sushi? [...]

The Pot Luck Club, Old Biscuit Mill, Woodstock.

Clare — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 08:04:00 +0000

The Pot Luck club is six stories up, on top of an old grain silo in the Biscuit Mill, Woodstock. The lift disgorges you into a glass walled space with 360 degree views of The Mother City. Behind you is a view over colourful Woodstock, buildings painted every shade of the rainbow. The huge flank of Table [...]