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…
VERUSKA DE VITA La Grande Epicerie and Fauchon in Paris, The Organic Café in Dubai, Harrods Food Hall and Fortnum & Mason in London, Dean & DeLuca in…
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…
Soy sauce, thought to be one of the world’s oldest condiments, has been integral to Eastern cooking for 3 000 years. Fx went to a soy tasting at…
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…
The Foodbarn’s Franck Dangereux chats happily while sidestepping a predominantly female team in a cramped restaurant kitchen, stopping to taste a fragrant mix of coconut milk, lemongrass and…
By Anna Trapido For more than 30 years, as the chef-patron of the Linger Longer restaurant in Joburg, Walter Ulz has provided the culinary hotspot of choice for many special occasions. From elegant marriage proposals to big business deals, this gastronomic guru has perfected the art of feeding the body and soul of Egoli’s epicurean elite. Joburg may be a fast-paced city but significant events require one to linger longer. Palate-delighting parties are the house speciality at this Sandton dining destination, where Walter is preparing for a gourmet get-together of Gauteng’s culinary cognoscenti. The function brings together luminaries from the…
By Vicki Sleet If you live in the city, you may well have thought of doing it: selling up, simplifying life and settling down to a quiet, considered…
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