• Pretoria, it’s your turn! After an incredibly successful Cape Town leg, the Whisky & Gin Live Celebration is turning up the heat at the Menlyn Park Shopping Centre with an impressive selection of Scottish Highland, Irish and American whiskies and craft gins to suit any palette. “Our next instalment of Whisky & Gin Live in Pretoria is promising to be another spectacular three-day event before we hit Durban later in June,” says Ken Varejes, Whisky Live CEO. “For our Pretoria guests, we have a new refreshed look and layout, and we’ve signed up a wide variety of brands including the…

    For a hearty soup, sauté 1 chopped onion in a pan with a little olive oil, together with 15ml (1 tbsp) grated ginger and 15ml (1 tbsp) ground cumin, until the onion is soft. Add 2 peeled and grated carrots, 250ml (1 cup) red lentils and 1 litre vegetable stock. Season generously and simmer for 30 minutes or until the lentils disintegrate. Serve with fresh coriander leaves. For a dip, boil 1 peeled and quartered onion and 175g whole brown lentils with enough water to cover. Add salt and pepper to taste and simmer until lentils are tender, about 30…