• With the exotic scents of jasmine, gardenias and orchids filling the air, and food that has to be tasted to be believed, Bangkok is a vibrant, colourful sensory…

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    With 25 percent of the world’s cranes operating in Dubai, the city is the fastest growing on the planet, home to surreal skyscrapers and sheer excess. But the…

    In this age of extreme choice among luxurious safari lodges, how do you differentiate one from another? Ecca Lodge, in the Eastern Cape’s Kwandwe Private Game Reserve, not only fits the bill, but breaks the mould with its funky, modern design and superb dining KIM HOEPFLYou’ll find Ecca Lodge (named for the dark shale seen lying in abundance in the area) an hour’s drive inland from Grahamstown in Kwandwe Private Game Reserve. The surrounding bush is scrubby and treeless. Water is scarce. Giant cacti, taller than a man, give it an air of the prehistoric. A curiosity is the thick…

    Ever wondered where foodies find all their secret ingredients? We asked three people in the know to open their address books and share their favourite spots for everything from bread and cheese to fish and wineNicole AllenTHE FOOD EDITOR ANNA MONTALI, FOOD & HOME ENTERTAINING, JOHANNESBURG www.foodandhome.co.za • FRESH AND LOCAL PRODUCE You will always find me browsing through the Michael Mount Organic Market in Bryanston (011-706-3671), open on Thursday and Saturday mornings, for delicious homemade jams, different types of bread and pies. I also pick up my cheeses – ordered a day or so before – from the Cremalat…

    After years of being the avant-garde enfant terrible of the Gauteng food scene, Dario d’Angeli has returned from a grand tour of the world’s finest restaurants with a new outlook on food and life. Or so he thinks. By Anna Trapido Dario d’Angeli is famed for his fusion food and daring deconstructed dining. As he shells prawns and chops onions, the selftaught restaurant impresario and former chef-patron of popular restaurant Yum in Greenside, Johannesburg, describes his recent voyage of gastronomic discovery. The trip, which encompassed eating everywhere from The French Laundry and Charlie Trotter’s in the USA to The Fat…