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RECIPE: Skilpadjies: A fireside favourite

Noluthando Ngcakani -
Skilpadjies (tortoises) are a fireside favourite in Mzansi. Errieda du Toit, fondly known as the “Huiskok”, shares this recipe from her 10th published cookbook Share, an ode to community and the culture of...
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Food Trends

5 reasons to eat fresh and local, if you can

Siyabonga Mngoma -
A lot seems uncertain at the moment. With the trajectory of the coronavirus pandemic in South Africa there are so many questions. Will we...
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Mzansi Flavour

Food is an expression of love, says food TV presenter

Noluthando Ngcakani -
The novel coronavirus has turned our world upside down, but at least it has brought some new perspective, says food TV presenter Abidah Mohammed (52).   This is especially useful...
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Recipes

RECIPE: Frikkadels that pack a fishy punch

Noluthando Ngcakani -
A nice frikkie with a fishy twist: Home cook and TV personality Abidah Mohammed shares her secrets to the perfect flakey, crispy hake frikkadel.  Mohammed makes these hake frikkadels that will have your...
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Lifestyle

This Father’s Day we’re cooking green bean stew and pork belly

Noluthando Ngcakani -
This Father’s Day we are cooking a mouth-watering green bean stew and crispy pork belly with Niël Groenewald, the managing director of Nederburg Wines,...
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Mzansi Flavour

Chef has dreams beyond the professional kitchen

Noluthando Ngcakani -
For chef Tefo Mokgoro (33) food is a creative conquest that tests both patience and ingenuity. While he admits that being a chef is hard work, his grit and passion...
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Recipes

RECIPE: Cold Joburg (lamb shank, gravy and mash)

Noluthando Ngcakani -
Winter has come back with a bitter vengeance. Many parts of Mzansi are reeling from the chill of June, with sub-zero temperatures and reports...
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Mzansi Flavour

Failure was never an option for tenacious chef

Noluthando Ngcakani -
For Western Cape-born chef Dale Stevens, there is duality in cooking.  The 29-year-old culinary maestro believes that when you cook, you apply both the heart and the mind.   On the one...
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RECIPE: Salad of seasonal veg with labneh and toasted pumpkin seeds

Noluthando Ngcakani -
Chef Dale Stevens draws his cooking inspiration from seasonal produce grown organically on the Avondale Wine Estate in Paarl. For Stevens, as the head chef of FABER restaurant on the estate, the 160-hectare...
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African Food

No more ‘poverty food’ – African vegetables are the next big thing

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South Africa’s indigenous food heritage has huge social and commercial potential, but it will require a “food revolution” involving chefs, farmers, researchers and government...
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Founder of CoffeeMM, Mhlengi Ngcobo (25) was told by doctors to never consume caffeinated beverages, then he went and started a coffee roastery. Photo: Supplied.
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Three things happening in SA agriculture today, 10 July

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The agricultural master plan is in full swing and today vegetable industry stakeholders had the opportunity to give input. These are the top three...
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How to wash fruit, veggies to safeguard them from virus

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If you’re not already washing your fresh fruit and vegetables before consumption, you have got a problem. Two health experts, Andrea du Plessis and...
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Liewe Lulu: Is there a proposal on the horizon?

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