Local pastry Queen, Carmen Kobald has joined Chef James Diack’s team and is now sharing her love of pastry and decadent dessert creations with sweet-toothed patrons in one of Johannesburg’s most-loved bistros, Coobs in Parkhurst. “Pastry has got this elegance about it,” Carmen explains. “You can do so many things with it, and there’s something about a Coobs Lemon Meringue that always makes people smile.” Not only does Carmen make all the desserts at Coobs, but she also makes all the daily breads, butters, cheese boards, any breads for the starters, and she has now started working on the pass.…
The crème de la crème of the Cape Winelands is descending on Durban for Mercury Wine Week’s 38th year. Taking place at the Greyville Convention Centre and added…
Experience rare wines with a creative edge at the Pretoria Country Club in a formal tutored tasting of the 2016 Nedbank Cape Winemakers Guild Auction wines at this…
Discover what makes fine countryfare and slow-crafted wine so special when you book a seat at this year’s Pop Up Lunches, featuring the Stellenbosch wine route of Bottelary Hills and celebrated, Scotland-born chef George Jardine. Part of a trio of events, it will be Kaapzicht Wine Estate’s turn to play host on Sunday, 27 August. Together with complimentary sweeping views of the hills and Table Mountain, the lunch costs R550 per person and includes a wine tasting prior to the three-course, wine-paired feast. Each guest will leave with a bottle of Bottelary Hills wine to take home and enjoy with…
Decorex Joburg 2017, co-sponsored by Plascon and Caesarstone, will be visiting Jozi in August. Taking place at the Gallagher Convention Centre and themed: “Make your space your living…
Madame Lily Bollinger – one of the great ladies of Champagne On 10 November 1923, Jacques Bollinger, the grandson of Joseph Jacob – better known as Jacques Bollinger, cofounder of the House a century earlier – married Elisabeth Law de Lauriston-Boubers, a descendent of John Law de Lauriston, the Scottish adventurer, banker and economist, who co-founded the Compagnie des Indes. When she married Jacques, Elisabeth (Lily) embraced, with verve and passion, Champagne and the vineyard. In 1941, when her husband died without an heir, the young 42-year-old widow took up the reins without hesitation. Known as “Mrs Jacques” to the…
“People who love to eat are always the best people.” – Julia Child What do you call a combination of a good laugh with even better company over…
With today’s many choices and frantic lifestyles, it’s more important than ever to take time to enjoy a great cup of tea. And what could be easier, when you need that priceless breather, than choosing an old favourite or a brand new blend from our Classic Collection. The Twinings Classic Collection offers all the popular classic Twinings black teas in one box including Earl Grey, Lady Grey, Prince of Wales, Pure Darjeeling and English Breakfast. They’re beautifully packed in a single box to add a stylish touch to your tea cupboard and every teabag is wrapped in its own envelope…
Robertsons, South Africa’s “The Spice People”, are inviting you to the Reinvention Kitchen, a 5-night Immersive Spice Experience, at one of the top Melrose Arch restaurants. It is…
Escape the cold with a warm-hearted feast at famous Stellenbosch estate Now’s the time to beat the rush and book your seat at the fabulous Delheim’s Jazz and Cheese Fondues. Held every year for over a decade, the lingering lunchtime event’s cosy delights offer the perfect remedy to cold and rainy winter blues. The Jazz and Cheese Fondues take place from 25 June to 27 August this year, returning to Delheim’s snug and intimate underground wine cellar. It’s here that the cheese-pot lids come off, melting all resistance with piping hot Swiss-style cheese and melodic jazz tunes performed live by…