• Matthew Ballenden has created a lifestyle that allows his love for fresh, wholesome flavours to flourish. “Fresh Earth is an extension of my lifestyle – that’s why I went into it in the first place. I was unhappy in my corporate job and wanted to blur the line between work and living. To do that, I had to create an environment that was in line with me, and I dig food. I’m crazy about food; it’s the centrepiece of my life, but I refuse to eat junk.” As we sit in his restaurant and health food store, Fresh Earth, Matthew…

    Jenny Handley visited Istanbul, where history, culture and cuisine combine in a kaleidoscope of flavours that can all be termed Turkish delight.My interest in Istanbul was piqued when…

    Set among deep ravines, ponds and waterfalls, Makweti Safari Lodge in Welgevonden Game Reserve in the Waterberg offers a bush experience that is delightfully different from the norm.Ingrid Casson[wp_gmaps lat=”-24.320976″ lng=”28.042574″]WHERE IS IT? Welgevonden Private Game Reserve, Waterberg, Limpopo. HOW TO GET THERE? A three-hour drive from Joburg. Air charters and road transfers are available. BEST-KEPT SECRET? While Kruger Park to the west features stretching savannah and Madikwe to the east offers flat, meadowed plains, Welgevonden is a mountain bushveld etched with two-billion-year-old rivers and streams. This varied, rugged beauty ranges from wide plains to wooded mountains, red sandstone cliffs,…

    From coffee and cheese to bread and beef, these Cape-based producers are music to our taste buds. Richard Holmes Usana Farm: Pierre Winshaw Driving down the muddy track…

    Chef Bruce Robertson’s Scarborough restaurant-from-home is attracting a happy following for deliciously relaxed lunches using simple, sustainable seafood. Kim Maxwell The Boat House, 36 Beach Road, Scarborough. Call…

    F&HE wine and travel editor INGRID CASSON visits Bartholomeus KlipWHERE IS IT? Tucked beneath the mountains near Hermon, about an hour from Cape Town, just off the R44. THE FARMHOUSE… The romantic Edwardian farmstead is situated on a wheat and sheep farm with a staggering backdrop of mountains weeping with waterfalls. The house is surrounded by a wrap-around veranda dressed with wisteria and roses. Beautiful flowering gardens surround the property and deckchairs dot the lush lawns. Inside, the house is decorated with antiques and soft leather chairs. THE HISTORY… Bartholomeus Klip was named after the rocky ‘klip’ that the farmer…

    Regular contributor Richard Holmes went big in Japan.Kappabashi Street was my last stop in Japan, after a week of eating my way across the capital of the ‘land…