With everyday use your knives, spoons and forks may begin to darken. For sparkling, like-new cutlery, submerge your cutlery overnight (and preferably for a day) in a solution of 1 part bleach to 2 parts hot water.
Sift together 500g icing sugar and 450g very finely ground almonds three times in a bowl. Add 2 large egg whites and 5ml (1 tsp) vanilla extract and…
By Rosanne BuchananReuben Riffel is without a doubt one of the most likeable, easy-going celebrity chefs around. No airs and graces, in spite of his meteoritic rise to fame over the past few years. I sat next to him over a dinner recently and he is just as uncomplicated and yet as substantial as his food. (And very calm considering he oversees three restaurants, is the face of Robertsons Spices, a Fairtrade ambassador and has just become a dad for the second time!) We were at Reuben’s at the One & Only hotel at the V&A Waterfront to taste his…
Who can resist the comforting deliciousness of gnocchi? Especially when it’s bacon, pear and blue cheese gnocchi with sage. This smoky, cheesy, slightly sweet dish is the perfect…
Make up your own menu for unexpected guests from this deliciously simple recipe – a gourmet meal in a flash doesn’t come easier than this.
Rachel Khoo became an international cooking sensation when she opened the smallest restaurant in Paris – a table for two in her apartment. With her TV show, The…
For Farmer Angus and Mariota McIntosh, organic farm life in Stellenbosch couldn’t be further from the urban existence they once led – and they’ve never been happier… Stroll into the McIntosh’s sprawling home and there’s a comfortable sense of ease and purpose in the air. Classical music floats through the house and out onto the stoep. Inside Angus and Mr Hector are busy. Mr Hector is kneading his famous buckwheat bread dough while Angus is whizzing together a great big bowl of garlicky hummus for lunch. The scent of just-crushed herbs and the roasting fragrance of free-range chickens fills the…