• Familiar flavours made new… you simply have to try the chicken at Winner Winner, Melville’s newest, most vibey spot! The team behind Joburg favourites like A Streetbar Named Desire, Perron, The Griffin and The Office are at it again! Thom Hughes, Christa and Grant Ansell and Martin Jakoby (Christa’s brother) seem to have a foolproof recipe when it comes to opening restaurants. From the time they opened their first eatery, The Loft in Melville, they’ve blazed a tasty trail through the city, becoming known as much for their quirky take on cocktails as their outrageously moreish food. Maybe it’s because…

    Choux pastry is deceptively simple to make, and very rewarding, since the different shapes that can be created from it look spectacular! It’s also the perfect base on which to build a variety of flavour profiles. WHAT IS CHOUX? Choux (French for cabbage) dough, also known as pâte à choux, is twice-cooked to create the airy, hollow French pastry we know and love. Sweet versions of choux pastry are normally filled with cream for a dessert or sweet snack, while the savoury type can be filled with anything from shellfish to cream cheese, and served as hors d’oeuvres. Recipe by…

    These vegan doughnuts filled with coffee-flavoured jam may take a little time, but the end results are so worth it! Recipe, styling and photograph by Katelyn Allegra Vegan coffee-flavoured jam doughnuts TOTAL TIME 3 hr, plus proofing overnight | MAKES 8 INGREDIENTS DOUGHNUTS 40g vegan margarine 170ml soy or rice milk ½ tsp salt 40g castor sugar 340g self-raising flour 7g instant dry yeast Canola or sunflower oil, to deep-fry COFFEE-FLAVOURED JAM 250ml freshly brewed filter coffee 155g maple syrup 30g (4 tbsp) pectin 1 tbsp cocoa powder ½ tsp vanilla extract Pinch salt COFFEE SUGAR 150g castor sugar 1…