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Celebrating the beauty, warmth, magic and love of food. It’s about food as the capstone of life, the kindling of conversation and the lifeblood of memories. Because as Gael Greene said, “Great food is like sex. The more you have, the more you want!”

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Recent Posts Tagged With 'South Africa'

Oct 01

le Soufflé october food & wine evening

Our September Food and Wine Evening will take place on Thursday the 10th and Wednesday the 23rd ( the 24th being a holiday ). We will be offering French Wines from: THE LANGUEDOC by DOMAINE GRIER (VILLIERA ESTATES ) OCTOBER 15th STANFORD HILLS – (read full article)

Event, Food & Wine, french, Haute Cuisine, On the Fridge, Restaurant, South Africa

Sep 28

Fig Jam and Foxtrot: Tales of life, love and food in the Karoo

When my colleague, Janet, heard the name of this blog, she said, “Ooh I must lend you one of my favourite recipe books – it’s called ‘Fig Jam and Foxtrot’”.  And a few days later, there on my desk was the book, its title “Fig jam a (read full article)

book, Books, Karoo, recipe, South Africa

Sep 23

quote of the day

One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.  ~Luciano Pavarotti and William Wright, Pavarotti, My Own Story Remember that tomorrow when you tuck into yo (read full article)

Quotes, Random Musings, South Africa

Sep 23

wicked boerie rolls

In honour of the fact that tomorrow is National Braai Day – okay, more correctly it’s Heritage Day, but for some reason (I forget quite what) it was ordained braai day, and as the new moniker has the blessing of the Arch himself (the one, (read full article)

Dish of the Day, Meat, recipe, Recipes, savoury, South Africa

Sep 22

soweto food festival

If you’re overly concerned by your waistline, then I suggest you invest in a kaftan and hide your scale for the next month or so, because the first week in October is going to be to any attempts to diet, like Al Capone to prohabition! Not only (read full article)

Event, festival, food, On the Fridge, South Africa

Sep 22

soweto food festival

If you’re overly concerned by your waistline, then I suggest you invest in a kaftan and hide your scale for the next month or so, because the first week in October is going to be to any attempts to diet, like Al Capone to prohabition! Not only (read full article)

Event, festival, food, On the Fridge, South Africa

Sep 17

morningside’s french market

French fare and flair to charm Morningside Morningside will soon experience a flurry of French culture, with a new weekly French Market at the soon-to-open Morningside Shopping Centre. The French Market will be held every Sunday, bringing everything (read full article)

Event, Food & Wine, french, gourmet, Joburg, market, Markets, On the Fridge, shopping, South Africa

Sep 15

the grisly fate of male chicks – part 2

This is disgusting! As you may know if you read part 1 of the grisly fate of male chicks, Boskop Layer Chickens (BLC), who are apparantly one of the biggest chicken farms in the country, were suspended by The SA Poultry Association (Sapa) for alleg (read full article)

Day old chicks, eggs, farming, Grouse of the Day, On the Fridge, South Africa

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