• How about heading to Culture Wine Bar for your weekend festivities? Earlier this month they won the Star Wine List’s Best Medium-Sized List in South Africa, which recognises establishments with 200-600 references on their wine lists. Culture Wine Bar – the only wine bar nominated – were up against some of South Africa’s most prestigious restaurants and hotels including FYN Restaurant in the Western Cape and Ivory Manor Boutique Hotel in Gauteng. Culture Wine Bar offers more than 45 wines by the glass and was also a finalist in the Star Wine Lists’s By-the-Glass List category. “We have put a…

    The winners of the RCL FOODS Young Chef and the first-ever Young Baker competition have been announced. Each of the talented winners took home their share of the total R110 000 cash prize after successfully overcoming the challenges that tested their cheffing and baking skills at the RCL FOODS kitchens in Durban. The SA Chefs and SA Bakers associations ran the competition, with Chef Adrian Vigus Brown, SA Chefs’ Competition Director, as the overall head judge. RCL FOODS Young Chef competition For the finals, Young Chef competitors submitted recipes for a restaurant main course and an innovative dessert course before…

    How to make Slice & bake biscuits No need to laboriously roll out dough and cut out cookies, these slice-and-bake biscuits save on time and effort. Pick from 4 scrumptious flavour options to make a cookie for every craving!  TOTAL TIME 1 hour 30 min + refrigeration | MAKES 48  INGREDIENTS 250 g Butter 1 ¼ cups, plus 1 tbsp extra, Icing sugar 2 tsp Vanilla essence 2 cups Flour ½ cup Rice flour ⅓ cup Cornflour 2 tbsp Milk METHOD BEAT butter, sugar and vanilla together in a bowl until pale and fluffy. Stir in combined sifted flours, in two batches, then milk until…

    Today is international gin and tonic day, so here are 6 of our favourite gin drinks to celebrate in style. Gin and tonic cocktail Our take on the consistent classic. Pink gin and tonic with rooibos and lemongrass Try this delicious twist on tradition. Ginger gin and tonic Refreshing with a hint of spice. Basil-infused gin martini Do you take yours shaken or stirred? Lavender gin fizz A fun drink perfect for a springtime afternoon. Luxury gin and tonic A luxurious take on an all-time favourite. Make any of these drinks? Tag us @foodandhomesa #cookingwithFH on Instagram! READ MORE: 9 Fun…

    It’s less than two weeks to go until Halloween 2022, the spookiest night of the year! Don’t feel like trick-or-treating but scratching your head as to how you can make the most of the day? We’ve put together a couple of fun things you can do this Halloween that aren’t trick-or-treating. Host a murder mystery evening Figure out whodunnit and get in the spooky spirit by organising a murder mystery evening. Throw a costume party Dressing up is one of the most fun parts of Halloween! Host a great Halloween-themed party with a costume contest, spooky finger foods and more. Bake some…

    Classic minestrone What better way to stay healthy than with a big bowl of steaming hot, hearty soup. We’ve got you covered with our take on Classic minestrone.…