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Have Eggs, Will Travel

If you’ve taught your child to love “eggy”, feeding him while travelling in a foreign country needn’t be an ordeal. Especially if, like SAM WOULIDGE, you have a son who appreciates a Bangkok omelette as much as you do.

In My Nonna's Kitchen

How do you turn an awkward teenager into a passionate feeder? Raise her on home-made lasagne, vitello tonnato, tiramisu and crazy Italian family lunches starring gnocchi and Formula One

Africa Is Not A Country

Did you know that Benin produces its own mozzarella-style cheese? Or that hibiscus tea is the drink of  African royalty? French-Ivorian chef Loïc Dablé thinks you should, which is why he’s doing a food-art tour through Africa – including a recent pit stop in SA – to showcase the continent’s culinary treasures.

Best Of The Brunch

Favourite meal of the season? The post-Christmas leftover brunch, obvs. If there was trout, gammon, fresh berries and Italian cake on your festive menu you have the makings of one of Phillippa Cheifitz’s best Family Day menus

Play To The Crowd

Expecting to host the masses these holidays? Siba Mtongana is the undisputed queen of easy, showstopping recipes that will please everyone from special guests and extended family, to picky eaters and little ones

Stollen Moments

This Christmas, SAM WOULIDGE will be making traditional German stollen for the first time. She has even surprised herself with how easy it can be – and can’t wait to surprise friends with her home-made gift

Nik Rabinowitz

A comedian walked into The Kitchen in Woodstock and ordered something ‘erbal because he’d already had too much caffeine that day. We just took notes

'Tis The Season For Spice

Nothing says it's Christmas quite like the smell of a clove-studded gammon roasting in the oven. Or cinnamon-and-vanilla poached stone fruit simmering on the stove. Or a huge tray of nutmeg-spiked potatoes. Or ginger-infused caramel trifles. It all smells good

My Favourite Table Riaad Moosa

While Cape-based comedian Riaad Moosa is often touring with his latest show, or being introduced to a global audience via a Netflix special, he’s also a family man who appreciates home cooking – and the food at WCafés

Couverture Operation

Gregory Czarnecki not only heads up the kitchen at SA’s best restaurant, he also makes the country’s best bonbons. Book the dégustation menu at The Restaurant at Waterkloof and await the final thrill of five exquisite chocolates unlike any you’ve ever tasted before

Behind Bars: Joburg Publik In Joburg

David Cope’s wine bar has cult status in Cape Town. Now, the team has opened up a second location on Bolton Road in Rosebank. Jozi, charge your glasses!

Books Curry On

In their latest collaboration, Durban Curry Up2Date, Clinton Friedman and Erica Platter pay further tribute to the makers and purveyors of what are undoubtedly the best curries in the land

A Cheesy Tribute

Mourning the loss of her beloved father, Ron, SAM WOULIDGE eases her grief while also honouring her dad with many helpings of his favourite toasted cheese

The Taste Case

Surprise your dad with a stellar mixed case that includes the bubbly served at Mandela’s inauguration and Obama’s 2009 victory, chosen

Wine Know-how Meet Your Perfect Match

Shiraz or Chenin Blanc? Wooded or unwooded? Old World or New World? The best way to answer your own questions is to drink more wine (easy!), be adventurous, and turn your quest into an experience.

Behind Bars: Durban Lucky Shaker

When one of our team members returned from a pilgrimage to the Umhlanga branch of this bar, she couldn’t stop raving about a certain pineapple-and coconut cocktail. We had to find out why.

Helsinki Highs

Finland’s capital is cool, quirky and progressively modern – book a room in the heart of the city, then visit these eight eateries for the best food and drink in town.

The Taste Case

This month, Allan Mullins curates a case of six versatile rosés to put on ice for al fresco feasting, from picnics and braais to the big Easter lunch.

Behind Bars: Mix Bar At Mesh Club

Situated inside the hip members-only MESH Club, this stylish Rosebank bar is the perfect spot for sundowners with creative types or cocktail connoisseurs