It’s finally avocado season in South Africa and we spent some time with the South African Avocado Growers’ Association (SAAGA) to find out 5 things everyone needs to know about avocados. FUN FACT ABOUT AVOCADOS: Contrary to popular belief, avocados are not vegetables but are part of the fruit family instead. In fact, avocados are part of the berry family. Here are 5 things everyone needs to know about avocados 1. When is avocado season in South Africa? In South Africa, it is avocado season for most of the year (YAY!). The green-skinned cultivars like Fuerte, Pinkerton and Ryan avocados…
Wine Cellar tasters have determined SA’s luxury pick of the crop… Last week 74 tasters assembled in Cape Town and Johannesburg as Wine Cellar – fine wine merchants…
When you think Easter dessert table, you think hot cross buns. But thanks to SPAR Freshline, you can ditch the usual hot cross buns with butter and get creative with these extra-yummy, on-trend recipes! Plus, stand a chance to WIN a R1 000 SPAR voucher! Simply fill out the form below and answer an easy question (HINT: the answer is in the recipes). APPLE, HONEY AND GINGER HOT CROSS BUN CRUMBLE Serves 8 – 10 EASY 1 hr WHAT YOU NEED Apple filling SPAR Butter, to grease + 30ml (2 tbsp) 60ml (¼ cup) SPAR Honey 15ml (1 tbsp) demerara sugar…
With #MixlikeaBosch, six readers can experience a once-in-a-lifetime cooking competition where one lucky winner will walk away with a new Bosch OptiMUM kitchen machine valued at R12 999…
The more things change… As each Easter holiday has arrived during the last few years, there’s an internal confrontation by the grown-up me to my inner child. It goes a little something like this: “Look, isn’t it about time you’re able to walk on when you lay eyes on speckled eggs, a crouching bunny with a bow around its neck or fluffy chick with earnest eyes?” Several oohs and aahs later, the above-mentioned items nestle cosily in my trolley. And just to prove the fact that the mind is a complex thing – or that my journey to maturity is…
This apple and yoghurt cake is absolutely fool-proof! Recipe and styling by Sarah Dall Photographs by Myburgh Du Plessis
This wine, for that dish So much wine, so little time. Here are some standout wines to try this March, paired with delicious recipes from our magazine. Endura Single Vineyard 2017, R200 The Endura was made with chenin blanc harvested from a single dry land vineyard (no irrigation) on top of the Paardeberg Mountain. The wine was naturally fermented in a combination of amphorae, tank and French oak barrels. The wine offers fantastic fruit: opening up with a citrus melange and deepening to stone fruit on the palate. The mouthfeel is textured and creamy—it’s an overall luscious and lovely wine.…
“Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.” Aristophanes (Greek poet, b. 448 BC) Café Cru at Montecasino…
The Easter bunny and Kees Beyers, Master Chocolatier, have been hard at work in the Beyers Chocolates factory. They have tested and experimented with divine treats to ensure only the best chocolate goodies this Easter. So, to help you celebrate Easter in the most delicious way, we’ve created a Beyers Chocolates Easter hamper. In here you’ll meet Benji or Ellen, 50g milk chocolate bunnies, mini Hugo- a 24g milk chocolate bunny and Bella Moo – a 120g milk chocolate cow. But that’s not all, because what is Easter without chocolate eggs? Thus, you’ll also receive an array of milk chocolate…
It is often said that when two worlds come together, they create something magical, or simply extraordinary. For us, this is the absolute truth behind the new 12-year-old…