Posts Tagged ‘food’
A devil of a time with heavenly vegetables
But the courgettes developed a life of their own. They grew and grew, and then grew some more. I lined the hallway with them, and the tannies would squeal on sight of a row of priapic marrows.
Night of the vegetarian vampires
VAMPIRES slunk into dark corners on sight of the caramelly whole roasted garlic as I took them from the cinders and unfurled their shiny foil blankets. Hard to imagine that I had lived for 20 years before even tasting the pungent, plump cloves. Now I eat them whole, though not quite raw, and movies like Twilight and Nosferatu the Vampire no longer frighten me.
Bukhara to rise from the ashes
BUKHARA, the brilliantly successful North Indian tandoori specialist eatery in central Cape Town, has been a favourite for well over 10 years, so I was shocked to see, walking past [...]
Strawberry meals forever
I THINK I may be going to Organic Hell. This is a pristine Orwellian place where you are sent if you have committed an Organic Sin.
The first and most florid celebrity chef
It’s easy when you know how: combine equal amounts of good food, wine and friends, stir gently against a backdrop of Provence, Tuscany or the Cape winelands, and place on the backburner of your life to simmer.