• Working from home can get a bit mundane, so spruce things up on a rainy day with these Stellenbosch coffee shops. Try roaming the quaint streets of an old town to make the most out of a workday. Here are five charming coffee shops that are wonderfully geared towards working – while having great coffee. 1. The Blue Crane and Butterfly What better place is there to get started on a rainy day than at a cafe with a name more suited to a children’s lullaby? Situated on Dorp Street, The Blue Crane and Butterfly serves one of the best cups…

    Indulge in the comforting and velvety goodness of Roast Butternut and Sweet Potato Soup, a perfect blend of earthy sweetness and rich, roasted flavours. Brought to you by Drizzle & Dip in collaboration with Kerrygold, enjoy this delicious, fragrant, and warm soup topped with buttery cheddar croutons. What could be better in this chilly weather? Roasting the butternut and sweet potato for this soup gives it a lovely depth of flavour, but you can skip this step if you prefer. The soup will still be delicious. If you are adding the vegetables in raw, then cook your soup for 20 minutes…

    A lovely snack, perfectly paired with a glass of sherry! These savoury rosemary scones with chicken liver pâté are a guaranteed crowd-pleaser. You can make the pâté a day ahead, but the scones are best served hot and fresh from the oven. ALSO SEE: Caramelised onion, cheddar and pesto scones Recipe and styling by Claire Ferrandi Photograph by Dylan Swart

    Gqeberha circa 2011. Two young students, Allan Bezuidenhout and Simoné Vosloo independently enrol at Capsicum Culinary Studio’s Nelson Mandela Bay campus. A few days later they find themselves in the same practical class and, while the mutual attraction is almost instant, it takes Bezuidenhout a few months to build up enough courage to ask Vosloo out on a date. The couple graduate in 2012; Bezuidenhout takes Vosloo surfing, pulls an engagement ring from out of his wetsuit, and proposes. A year later they get married. Flash forward two years and after working in the corporate world and saving up their…