Spill Food
February 3, 2012
17:12
The Restaurant at Waterkloof.
The view from inside the main building at Waterkloof never fails to impress. 10 meter high glass walls frame glorious vistas out over False Bay and the countryside surrounding the beautifully designed building. You have to stand there for a few few minutes to adjust, and take it all in. A glass of their delicious wine helps, and [...]
Categories: Food Blogs in English, Wine Blogs from South Africa, Wine Blogs in English
08:59
Winemaker’s chat – Elunda Basson – J.C. Le Roux.
Who or what has had the biggest impact on you in winemaking? My 7 years as winemaker at Nederburg really helped shape the type of winemaker I am today. It was an old cellar when I started there in 1999 and in the following few years our company invested a huge amount [...]
Categories: Food Blogs in English, Wine Blogs from South Africa, Wine Blogs in English
February 1, 2012
16:51
Dalewood Lanquedoc and Huguenot Cheese.
I have always felt that South African cheese could be as good as any cheese produced anywhere in the world. The cheese platter at George Jardine’s is evidence of how good it can be. Too often in restaurants you get a badly chosen selection of cheeses straight from the fridge that taste of very little. A few [...]
Categories: Food Blogs in English, Wine Blogs from South Africa, Wine Blogs in English
16:04
Tabak Chili Sauce.
Church Shop on Spin Street in Cape Town is owned by the President people. They are a design company, and they organised the Toffie Food Festival in 2011 (and another one coming in 2012). They sell all sorts of stuff there. I mean, all sorts. Retro design calendars, vintage balls from South America, wooden sunglasses, T-shirts with photo’s [...]
Categories: Food Blogs in English, Wine Blogs from South Africa, Wine Blogs in English
January 25, 2012
18:10
Lock, Double Stock and Eight Smoking Gnocchi Pans at Liam Tomlin’s.
Clare Mack and Neil Pendock go back to school and learn how to make risotto, gnocchi and fruit minestrone If Guy Ritchie was to direct Master Chef SA, Liam Tomlin would be typecast as the cynical hard man judge with lethal knife skills. For Dublin-born Tomlin learned his trade in London with the Roux brothers. “You [...]
Categories: Food Blogs in English, Wine Blogs from South Africa, Wine Blogs in English
January 24, 2012
21:31
Chefs Chat. Floris Smith – Bushman’s Kloof.
1. Why did you become a chef? Firstly, my love and passion for food. Secondly, I suppose it is in the genes. My grandmother was a wonderful cook. I always looked at all her trophies and certificates for cooking and baking competitions she won and thought that one day I wanted to be just like her. I grew [...]
Categories: Food Blogs in English, Wine Blogs from South Africa, Wine Blogs in English
January 23, 2012
17:18
Food from the Karoo.
Tania Harrison grew up on a farm in the Karoo, and years later, via Paarl and Cape Town, she began to source food from her family farm to fill the “fridges of urban foodies”. She started on the internet and the business has grown to such an extent that she is in expansion mode and you [...]
Categories: Food Blogs in English, Wine Blogs from South Africa, Wine Blogs in English
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