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How To Drink And Save The Planet
Follow Justin Smith of WWF-SA’s lead by choosing wines produced by top farms with Wine Conservation Champion status. These six will start you on your eco-friendly drinking ways
Planting A Seed
Henry Firth and Ian Theasby’s plant-based video channel Bosh.tv reaches over 25 million people a month. In their second cookbook, Bish Bash Bosh!, they showcase the fun vegan food that’s made them famous
Walk This Way!
Fuelled by beef ragù, handmade salami, local wine and lots of espresso, Richard Holmes earns his kilojoules on a walking holiday through Italy’s Ligurian Apennines
Sister Act
Italy is not all pizza and pasta, as SAM WOULIDGE discovered on a recent visit to Naples. It’s also about shopping and sequins and sisters, and lots of chilled limoncello
5 Minutes With Jeannie D
What do you do when your DNA demands that you avoid red meat, but alcohol has no adverse effect? Make like Jeannie D and keep a bottle of G.H. Mumm in your fridge at all times.
The Food Of Love
When her son compared his love for her to his favourite meal, SAM WOULIDGE felt she might have earned her motherhood credentials.
Breaking Bread
When he learned how to make a seemingly simple childhood favourite, EUGENE YIGA also rediscovered his mother’s love.
The Burma Chronicles
If you consider yourself an Asian street-food aficionado, book yourself a culinary expedition to BURMA. Fill your wallet with kyat (a little goes a long way) and fly to Yangon to sample mild, rich curries, dosa-like “gangster snacks” and the samoosa salad of your dreams
The Spice Girl
Six hundred years ago, wars were fought and empires built over the spice trade. Today, Ami Kapilevich will tell you, the business is a lot more modern and professional, but it hasn’t lost its swashbuckling excitement
The Fabulous Butcher Boys
The recently opened boutique butchery and wine bar by chef David Higgs – The Butchery by Marble – more than delivers on its promise to elevate excellent quality, carefully sourced meat to pride of plate
Hey, Pesto!
Getting a child to eat veggies isn’t always easy, especially when you don’t want any food going to waste. SAM WOULIDGE has resorted to bribery and a few sneaky moves…
Taco's Cheap
How is it possible that Baha Taco can serve up wholesome, free-range ingredients, wrapped up in home-made corn tortillas for less than most people spend on a drive-through meal? It’s all about avoiding shortcuts, says chef-owner David Smale
Aquafabulous!
On the savoury side, chickpea liquid can be used to make mayo, “mozzarella” and butter. On the sweet side … well, let’s just take a closer look, shall we? You know, for research purposes
Chantel Dartnall
Though the chef-owner of Restaurant Mosaic be but small, she is certainly fierce competition in the international arena. Her latest coup? Being named best female chef. In the world
Cake Expectations
When it comes to your annual Christmas fruit cake there should be zero compromise says Peter van Noord, who embarked on a quest to discover the secret recipe for the the best one he’d ever tasted
Beaters At The Ready!
Season 3 of super-popular series The Great South African Bake-Off kicked off in a cloud of flour in October, with a brand-new judge added to the mix. We chatted to newcomer Zola Nene and three-time veteran Tjaart Walraven
Smashing Pumpkins
This winter, Sam Woulidge and her family will be feasting on pumpkin. In memory and in gratitude
Forbidden Formaggio
What do you do when an immovable force meets an irresistible object? Brandon de Kock found the answer on his first trip down the “goods to declare” lane at customs…
Grappa Expectations
This potent Italian digestif goes beautifully with milk, cherries, limoncello and chocolate. You only need a dash to create a cocktail with a kick
A Life Of Spice
Pepper from Kerala in India has been in demand since Roman times. Nikki Werner and Brandon de Kock travelled to the source and discovered a hilltop retreat and a lakeside sanctuary you’ll want all to yourself
..Coffee
So you like to exceed your daily recommended dose of caffeine? We also like to live dangerously, soaking coffee into a traditional tiramisu and pouring it over ice cream – or even beef fillet …
Ay Colombia!
Bogotá is booming and the Caribbean coast is calling, says Elsa Young, who spent a blissful holiday eating her way around Colombia. Reasons to go: the best coffee, the freshest seafood, the zingiest exotic fruit … Oh, and the beaches aren’t bad either
Yes, Chefs!
TASTE recently geeked out in a big way when we got to chat to MasterChef legends Marco Pierre White and John Torode – all in the same month. We managed to control our celebrity chef-induced excitement long enough to find out what their combined 106 years in the food biz have taught them
Curry And Kindness
On a quest to find the perfect SA curry, Ishay Govender-Ypma spent a year collecting recipes and the stories behind them for her brand-new cookbook. She’ll never forget one woman’s story – or her delicious recipe for potjie beef curry
Our Big, Fat Greek Lunch
What happens when your company makes the winning bid at the annual Woolworths Charity Ball for the second time in a row? You make like Mauritian-based Ciel Group and gear up for what you know will be an unforgettable afternoon feast – prepared by none other than TASTE food ed Abigail Donnelly
Forces Of Nature
Few ingredients and more intense flavours are the hallmarks at Janse & Co., award winning chef Arno Janse van Rensburg’s latest venture. Step off Kloof Street and start a journey down a rabbit hole…
Copenhagen Street Food
If you’ve always hankered after a Scandi food experience but never thought you could possibly rustle up enough rands, the street food and markets of Copenhagen may be just what you’ve been looking for all along
It's A Melt Down!
At this time of year, there’s no way to avoid surrendering to your chocolate cravings. So we didn’t. Abigail Donnelly conjured up eight new incarnations, from malted waffles and a macaroon-based butterscotch tart to jammy éclairs with your name on them.
Ben Shewry
The head chef and owner of Melbourne’s Attica – recently ranked number 32 on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list – on incorporating Australian Aboriginal ingredients on his menu, the importance of kindness and how he spends his Sundays (it involves kangaroos).
Five Minutes With... Zintle Ntshikila
It’s been five years since the Instagram sensation – and current chef in training – started a journey that saw her lose 56 kg. Over a lunch at Bon Amis at Bloemendal, she reveals it’s all about loving the food that’ll love you back