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The Joburg Foodies blogsite - dedicated to south african chef talent and culinary events around South Africa and johannesburg in particular - edited by Allison Smith and updated regularly
Shoo, my short sabbatical during world cup turned into a long one! I tell the chefs who don’t blog, it ’s simply habit, get into the habit of blogging and it just flows. I made notes, I even half wrote things; just didn’t get arou (read full article)
I was reading bizcommunity earlier and came accross a story about peel ‘n taste strip ” the latest edition of FIPP’s quarterly title, Magazine World, features a peel ‘n taste strip, one of the newest and most innovative techn (read full article)
On Friday night, a guest at the table told me they had the most delicious spinach soup ever at Dutch East Restaurant and so on Saturday afternoon, we wondered over to try it although it was a hard decision with so many options (I really love small f (read full article)
Just pondering …. I have been (mostly) fortunate to have been in many kitchens and talked to many chefs and there are some moments that stand out for me, some superb and some not so good. Many years ago, sitting in Garth Shnier office when he w (read full article)
Franschhoek, was cold and wet on Thursday when we arrived but oh so beautiful, those autumn colours are a site to behold. Of course I didn’t have the camera with me to take photos but then, there are times when you know you can’t actually capture (read full article)
Writing is solitary, a movie is a collaboration ( artist, each one wanting to do their best, give their best performance, do their best work and they need each other to do that). I heard this on Friday night in Franschhoek where Sunday Times hosted a (read full article)
And so last night, in a little restaurant in Franschhoek I was reminded about my training in hotels as a young twerp (read unfriendly with attitude) at French Connection showed three females into the pub section of the restaurant when there were seve (read full article)
This week I asked a very simple question, what’s your favourite winter food? What can I say, Paul likes Jessica floating amongst marshmallow, seems that ox-tail is the hot favourite, and Andrea’s cottage pie had me flavour buds dancing as did a c (read full article)
Popped into Sugo Restaurant this morning for what should have been a quick cup of coffee and scrambled eggs and on my way in, I picked up a copy of “ Savouring Italy” by Robert Freson (they have a selection of old hard cover recipe books whethe (read full article)
Not exactly an irk blog, just things I ponder … I believe there should be a “how to grocery shop” rule book, maybe it could be included in school curriculums (well, why not, they don’t have that many savvy subjects anyway) and at the very (read full article)
Is life cyclical? There are those who believe that life, like nature, moves in seven year cycles; it is said there are peaks and drops and if you plot your life in 7 years you’ll find the curve to the top and then the curve down again. I tell you t (read full article)
Vacancy Kindly note, no agencies to respond and the position is not available to consultants; candidates only please Looking for a young, enthusiastic, experienced chef to set up and run a restaurant in a new hotel opening in June 2010. Brief as I (read full article)
When my Mom was pregnant with my sister, she ate sand. Let me explain that to a teenager, its bad enough that your mother is pregnant but then, she starts to eat sand. Sometimes she would come home with a dish with sand or on an odd occasion we’ (read full article)
We braved the cold (and early morning rain) and spent hours at Brightwater Commons today. Initially there to check out the Oyster Festival (including wines, cheese stands, treats and more), we lunched at Ocean Basket and then wandered around looking (read full article)
I’m not a fan of restaurant awards but remain intrigued and read those that come my way and usually link onto the restaurants to read who and what and where…. S. Pellegrino’s annual “World’s 50 Best Restaurants” li (read full article)
With the onslaught of the seriously cold weather that’s just hit us in Joburg, the urge to stew, soup, bake (my serious weakness), slow cook has hit. I’ve beans soaking, lamb knuckles just waiting to be browned before being cooked, slowly (read full article)
“SA’s rudest chef serves up last meal” was the headline in the Times newspaper and it went on to talk about Cormac closing the doors of Portofino Restaurant (after six months). See as far as I am concerned, the bottom line is the (read full article)
I was asking a restaurateur the other night what he thought the impact of the increase in electricity was going to have on restaurants in general. My initial point was that most people cut back on eating out when tightening the proverbial purse (read full article)
The gracious White House is opposite the panorama flea market in Klipriver drive Mulbarton and open on the first Saturday of every week-end and I never knew of it’s existence let alone what a gem of a place to relax, listen to live m (read full article)
Bruce Burns has been appointed Team Manager for National Culinary Team / Team SA. It so happens that a few months ago already, I scanned photos from a couple of years ago when he and I took the youth team to Maastricht; we had such fun and what a f (read full article)
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