• 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…

    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…

    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…