Celebrate life’s important events with family and friends creating that special sensory ambiance. Add a fragrant perfume and warm glowing touch to your festive table this season with Yankee Candle’s ‘Holiday Party Collection’ 2016. The scents include Festive Cocktail, a zesty burst of refreshing berries and fruit infusions and Star Anise and Orange, a fragrant combination of spice and juicy citrus. The beautifully scented collection draws inspiration from the emotive names, delicate textures and vibrant colours of a range of natural ingredients, fruit pieces, fragrant flower petals, pure essences, plant oils and flavourful seeds and spices. The design on each…
Since 2004, the Wavescape Festival presented by Pick n Pay has grown into one of Cape Town’s premier attractions, with thousands flocking to the flagship screening of surf…
Hot and sour cucumber with sticky mushroom noodles is a delicious vegetable side for those who are sick of salad. Nameko are small mushrooms with a shiny, golden cap.…
These vanilla, coconut and plum cupcakes are just as delicious as they are pretty. The sweetness of the cake is occasionally punctuated with a sharp tartness of plum, and the two are perfectly harmonised by the creamy decadence of cream cheese icing. Plums are from the stone fruit family, along with apricots, peaches, cherries and nectarines; from the genus prunus. Plums that are ripe and ready to gobble up will yield to gentle pressure in your hand. Plums that are excessively hard to the touch are still immature and haven’t had time to develop taste and texture. Well-graded plums will…
Crayfish on the braai with flavour-spiked butters is a great way to step up your braai game. Crayfish meat grills beautifully, and its natural richness just gets better…
COOK’S TIPS: Instead of flour, you could also coat the fritters in breadcrumbs. The result will be much crispier. Slightly moist hands work best to mould the fritters.