David Donde is a man on a mission. His mission is one of evangelical significance for all you coffee drinkers out there.
Even if you are not a coffee drinker, don’t worry, you soon will be, if David gets his way.
David isn’t the MD of Truth. He is the “visionary“. He is a fundamentalist about coffee, [...]
This is my first wine auction, and I was delighted to be invited by Distell to cover the proceedings.
The organisers brought in a top guy from Bonhams Auctioneers in London who took bids from a large group of people in a tent. I’d say the fact that he spoke as if he had marbles in his mouth [...]
This book is a “Guide to unexpected people, places and potations in the Winelands”.Potations, if you didn’t already know it, means drink. And knowing Neil (and sure who doesn’t), you’d know that would be wine.
10 days, 100 wineries, over 1,200 wines tasted. This diary tells the story of that road trip, or should I say, [...]
This was a marketing meeting I would like to have sat in on.
I can imagine the scene – A few young guys at a rough hewn long wooden table at their HQ in the Natte Valleij near Klapmuts.
“We need to get people to drink more wine!” says, one, probably the GT Gt Grandson of Paul Kruger.
“Yes, [...]
Wine Concepts, with branches in Newlands and on Kloof Street, will host their 8th annual Seductive Sauvignon festival this Friday, August 27th, from 5 to 9pm.
It will be held in the salubrious surroundings of one of my favourite hotels, The Vineyard Hotel and Spa, in Newlands. If you get a chance, check out the pool there, [...]
Congratulations to all our entrants for this competition, and we had a lot of them.
But sadly, only six can win, and it was tough picking out just six.
Here are the winning entries.
We will be in contact seperately by e.mail to sort out delivery etc.
Well done again everyone.
Clare. xxx
Glenda Nevill.
Dear Spill
The thing is, I take care [...]
As Spill announced three weeks ago, Reuben Riffel is opening at the One and Only Cape Town.
With the termination of Gordon Ramsay’s Maze on July 30th, much admired and talented Chef Reuben will take over the 170 seater restaurant at the Waterfront hotel.
The hall mark of Reuben’s cooking is fantastic punchy flavours jumping off the [...]
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Reuben Riffel is opening at the One and Only in Cape Town.
With the the termination of Gordon Ramsay’s Maze at 6:30am on Friday morning, stage two of the plan now swings into action.
Enter seriously talented and much admired Chef Reuben Riffel, who will take over the 170 seater space at the One and Only.
This will be his third [...]
We’ve all had moments where we’d have loved a drink, but couldn’t get one.
It’s difficult to swig beer from a bottle while at a Parents Teacher meeting. And the ripoff prices for Budweiser at the World Cup Matches left a sour taste in many peoples mouths.
The solution?
Stealth Beverage Devices. SBD’s.
These are two products dreamt up by a [...]
This is a true story of a credit card scam. It happened before the World Cup.
A group of people go for lunch in a restaurant in a popular tourist location in Cape Town. Some are South Africans, some are overseas visitors.
They have an enjoyable lunch, the locals happy and pleased to be showing their visitors [...]
This is my final instalment from Spain. What a trip it has been. Full of foodie delights, memorable meals and stunning sights. And the people, well the Spanish are warm, friendly, helpful and willing to please. Such a delight.
What I like about the area I chose to visit is that it hasn’t been destroyed by [...]
What an incredible outcome. Spain are the world champions and I’m so happy.
How appropriate that, today, I start my Spanish Diaries. For the last two weeks I have meandered and travelled around the north east coast of Spain. I started in Barcelona and made my way up to the north coast, wandered through the Costa [...]
I have come across some very bizarre and strange food innovations and ideas.
Here are my top 5 weird food ideas.
NUMBER 5. Locust Pizza.
They are real insects. Imagine the crunch factor, definitely not for me.
NUMBER 4. Cow shaped steaks.
For those of you so far removed from the realities of food production this product is to remind you that [...]
“Give a man a fish, he’ll have one meal.
Teach him to fish, and he’ll wipe out the species.”
Scientists have invented the genetically modified salmon. This means that they have taken the genes of another living organism and inserted them into salmon, to create a new species, called Super Salmon, and bred them.
If the GM salmon gets Food and [...]
Mike Bassetts’ Ginja Restaurant in Tamboerskloof is to close, with effect from today.
Staff were told last night by Jaco de Jager, manager and partner with Mike Bassett, that the restaurant was closing its doors and going into liquidation.
Jaco de Jager confirmed that they were closing today, July 1st, and that there would be a meeting between himself and [...]
Cup cakes have taken South Africa and Cape Town by storm.
Established bakeries, home producers, wedding cake makers, food stylists and pastry chefs across South Africa can’t keep up with the demand for them. And, it seems, you have to order ahead most of the time, as they are best eaten freshly made.
Jacqui Biess, of Charly’s [...]
As the Marmite website says, you either love it or hate it.
Hundreds of thousands of homesick Brits will have stocked up for the footie game against Germany, as this is the most quintessential of British foods.Some say it is more British than a Queen, or even a cup of tea.
Made from yeast paste provided by the beer brewing [...]
This is the ultimate Too Tired to Cook choice for anyone who is too busy or too tired to rustle up a tasty nourishing meal on a winter’s evening.
I came across Richard Chamberlain on the recommendation of a friend and visited his kitchens in Mowbray.
A reassuring aroma of delicious home cooking smells assailed my nostrils as I went up [...]
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This is the crown jewel in the South African wine festival calendar.
The 9th annual Stellenbosch Wine Festival is running this year from July 1st to 5th. There are 140 wine farms in Stellenbosch and this year 57 will be participating in the festival.
Visiting it couldn’t be easier. Shuttle buses will transport you from 9 park and [...]
A young British entrepreneur had the bright idea of selling wines in single serve portions in plastic stemmed wine glasses with foil tops.
The single serve, he reasoned, would be attractive to people who didn’t want to open a whole bottle, and just wanted one glass. It would also be attractive to people having picnics, going [...]
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