Pylones brings Paris to your desk with the launch of their brand new e-commerce website. Now customers can order all their favourite Pylones products without even leaving the house! The site is user-friendly and easily navigated, and is filled with all your favourite homeware, toys, kitchenware, office tools and gifting options from Pylones. Great news, not only for those who prefer shopping from home, but also for everyone located outside of Gauteng and Cape Town (Pylones currently has 4 physical stores situated in Menlyn Park Shopping Centre, Mall of Africa, Sandton City Shopping Centre and the V&A Waterfront), who up…
Beetroot carpaccio with avocado salsa, salmon ribbons and walnuts is a colourful, delicious dish that makes the most of seasonal ingredients. Fresh, fun, and super tasty.
Slow-roasted Easter leg of lamb with pomegranate and rosemary is the perfect centrepiece for your Sunday lunch. This is a traditional dish with a deliciously zesty twist. Recipe and styling by Claire Ferrandi Assisted by Nomvuselelo Mncube Photograph by Graeme Wyllie
While lemon thyme may look like a regular thyme plant, when the leaves are crushed it releases a beautiful and subtle lemony fragrance. often grown for its use…
Are you heading to the other-worldly stark desert landscape of the /Ai/Ais- Richtersveld National Park? The vast park has many experiences on offer. Here are a few stops not to be missed. A 4×4 or high-clearance vehicle is essential for travel within the park. Search for Halfmense at Halfmens Pass Take a slow drive through Halfmens Pass to spot the peculiar-looking halfmens succulents, which are endemic to the area. Folklore has it that these are the frozen forms of the enemies of the Nama people, trapped for eternity in the desert landscape. Check in at the nursery Sendelingsdrift’s blossoming nursery…
Satay dipping sauce Makes about 250ml (1 cup) Peanut sauce is delicious as a dip for satay-chicken skewers, crudités or drizzled over Asian noodle dishes – it’s the…
Sausage and bacon maize-meal breakfast bake Serves: 6 – 8 Time: 50 mins Preheat the oven to 180°C. Heat a large pan over low heat and add a glug of olive oil. Add 1 peeled and diced onion, 2 peeled and minced garlic cloves and a handful fresh, torn sage leaves. Fry until the onion is soft, 10 minutes. Increase the heat to medium, add 250g chopped streaky bacon and fry until the bacon is crisp, 10 minutes. Remove the onion mixture from the pan and set aside until needed. Add 8 pork sausages, fry until golden brown and remove…
Vietnamese iced coffee Makes: 1 Time: 10 mins Pour 200ml strong, chilled coffee over a glass of ice. Add 30ml (2 tbsp) condensed milk and stir to combine,…
The ultimate toasted cheese Serves: 4 Time: 15 mins Place 8 thick slices ciabatta bread on a cutting board and spread good quality shop-bought mayonnaise over each – this is the secret to a golden, delicious crunch! To assemble the sandwiches, spread a layer of Dijon mustard over 4 of the slices of bread on the non-mayo side (the mayo should be on the outside of each sandwich and the mustard on the inside). Fill the sandwiches with 2 – 3 slices thickly sliced Gruyère and add 2 crispy grilled streaky bacon rashers, if desired. Heat a pan over medium…
Creamy chocolate and vanilla rice pudding Serves: 4 – 6 Time: 45 mins Add 200g arborio rice, 700ml full-cream milk, 60g icing sugar, pinch salt, 250ml (1 cup)…