Drizzle and Dip
September 8, 2010
15:37
wild peackock food emporium: a lovely new deli & restaurant in Stellies
There is a lovely new deli come restaurant in Stellenbosch called the Wild Peacock Food Emporium, conveniently located in Piet Retief Street, which is just off Dorp Street. You can sit outside on the veranda under the oaks, or inside in the bustling little shop. Its owned by the Baker family who are well known for their wholesale food distribution company [...]
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September 6, 2010
10:06
vodka and tomato pasta with smoked salmon
The inspiration behind this recipe goes back a very long way. I was at school with an Italian girl and her mother used to make a vodka pasta sauce, which was essentially fresh tomatoes (skinned) cooked very slowly with vodka. It was delicious. Over the years I have made this many times using both fresh and tinned [...]
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September 3, 2010
11:11
September 1, 2010
18:39
orange malva pudding
This pudding should actually be called ‘death by malva pudding’, or butter because that is exactly what it is. I discovered it when it was served at a friends supper last year and I immidiately recognised it as the best version I had ever tasted. A very looog story about tracking the recipe down over a period of about 6 [...]
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August 30, 2010
21:56
snoek with smoked butter, garlic and apricot jam
One of my oldest and closest friends was out on holiday from Michigan where she now lives, and one of her requests while she was here (in addition to a cheddarmelt burger from the Spur), was to tuck into a nice piece of snoek. We had a farewell lunch for her yesterday and I arranged the snoek [...]
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15:12
Claudia by Marc van Halderen
Domaine des Dieux launches a delicious new bubbly: ‘Claudia’ MCC 2006 made by the uber talented wine maker, Marc van Halderen from La Vierge. This is Marc’s debut MCC made from 77% Chardonnay from Stanford and 23% Chardonnay from Hemel en Aarde. ‘The profile of this wine is based on the shy bearing coastal vines and using careful handling, blending [...]
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August 27, 2010
17:09
fridays food porn: pears poached in red wine
The recipe can be be found here
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August 22, 2010
19:14
smoked tuna on guacamole and rocket
The last 6 weeks I have been very busy starting a new cold smoked food business, so this recipe was developed for our website at The Smoking Shed. To make the gaucamole lightly mash a couple of avocado’s with finely sliced spring onions, a few chopped pickled jalapeno chillies (depending on how hot you like it), the juice [...]
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August 20, 2010
07:56
August 17, 2010
08:25
pumpkin soup with thai red curry and smoked pumpkin seeds
My business partner and I went on a scounting mission to the Cape Town fresh produce market in Epping recently, and as we were wandering around we stumbled across a crate of the most beautiful looking pumpkins. I just had to get one. As this is a mass buying market, its not always the easiest trying to buy a [...]
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August 15, 2010
08:57
chocolate nemesis: the river cafe
I think chocolate nemesis is the best possible name they could have given to this cake. I’m not really sure what it is. Its part cake, part mousse but without a doubt, its 100% decadent, dark, delicious and totally irresistible. I was pleased that I made it for a friends birthday and gave it away immediately, thus having the temptation [...]
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August 12, 2010
22:36
fridays food porn: waffles with banana, blueberries and honey
The recipe can be found here.
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August 11, 2010
21:36
the smoking shed is born and hits the market
The time has finally arrived to let the cat fully out the bag about my new business venture into the very exciting and slightly mysterious world of cold smoking food. My business partner Laurence Woodburn and I stumbled into the ancient and astisan craft recently, and decided it was an excellent opportunity for us to produce [...]
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August 9, 2010
17:18
strawberry, white chocolate and macadamia nut cookies
I have been on a bit of a cookie making mission lately and decided to revisit a previous winning recipe of white choc, cranberry and pecan nut cookies, but this time I used dried strawberries instead of cranberries, and macadamia nuts instead of pecans. I had bought the dried strawberries in Stellenbosch on a strawberry farm, but saw them the other day at Komati [...]
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August 6, 2010
08:35
August 3, 2010
20:20
constantia fine food and wine market
There’s a new food market in the burbs and I popped past there last Saturday to check it out. Its the Constantia fine food and wine market at the Constantia sports centre. It happens every second Saturday, and whilst quite small and intimate now, there are plans to expand it further during the summer months. Conveniently located with ample [...]
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August 2, 2010
08:23
la colombe: the winter tasting menu
Last Thursday our bookclub gathered at La Colombe for a long planned and much anticipated dinner. I am always filled with excitement when I go to my favorite restaurant, and once again a truly memorable meal and evening was had. The American couple celebrating a romantic anniversary may have found the eight quite loud women slightly less than ideal, but [...]
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July 30, 2010
09:14
July 28, 2010
08:33
BOS iced tea: an iconic new brand
In case you didn’t know I come from a bit of a marketing background, I was a brand manager for many years in Joburg. So when I see good branding and packaging I get all excited. Very excited is exactly how I felt when I first clapped eyes on the very stylish, uber South African BOS iced tea [...]
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July 27, 2010
13:07
Lindt chocolate studio and petit gateaux course
Last week I got to attend the petit gateaux course at the Lindt chcoloate studio, which I had been looking forward to for months. I love baking so thought this particular course would take the skill level up a notch. Over two days we learned how to make 8 beautiful little cake creations, all of which incorporated in some [...]
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