There I was, wheeling my trolley around the aisles of Woolworths, minding my own business.
When when out of the corner of my eye I spotted a gold foil wrapped cheese sitting behind the glass cabinet.
I swung abruptly and skidded to a halt, and stared at the round of cheese, and yes, there it was, in all its [...]
Di Marshall set up Wonki Ware pottery in George in 1999. A former advertising executive, she decided to follow her dream and pottery was, and still is, her passion.
He ambition was to manufacture environmentally friendly pottery, hand made by local skilled and trained craftspeople. Starting with one employee she now employs 35 people and exports [...]
“Hmmmm….Thick, silky, moreish,Ummmm……. indescribably delicious…. luscious velvet feel over your tongue Mmmmmm……..I want more!!”
The two posh middle aged ladies in the corner of Melissas, Newlands were in raptures.
I was reminded of the scene in “When Harry met Sally” where Sally gets a little excited in a restaurant. I also felt like the old lady who looks on [...]
It’s called The Kug.
It’s a cross between a kettle and a mug. The inventors say ” A Kiss and a Hug, a Kettle in a Mug”, and recommend that you kiss it when you drink from it and hug it with your hands.
The new design is a mug that contains a hidden electrical element. You [...]
I agreed to meet a man, on my own, in darkness, in a deserted carpark.
The reasons were not the ones you might think. The man was Mushroom Hunter extraordinaire Gary Goldman, and he was taking me on an early morning hunt up through the forested mountain slopes of Newlands Forest.
Gary supplies top restaurants with porcini in Cape [...]
Martin Senekal’s obsession with architecture and design have influenced the stunning designs of his cakes.
You could call him the Philip Treacy of cake design.
Some of them look so good that it’s a shame to actually cut into them and eat them.
But it’s not all looks. The cakes are delicious, and ingredients are of top quality. [...]
Olive trees need sun, silence and fertile soils to prosper, and there is a valley not far from Cape Town which olive trees love.
The Nuy Valley is located an hour and twenty minutes out of Cape Town. You’d drive past it easily, as I have done many times, on the way up Route 62.
This is home to [...]
Prince Albert sits in an enviable location – sheltered and watered by the Swartberg Mountains, lying in a long narrow valley that has warm days and cool nights, thanks to the southerly breeze.
This makes it ideal for producing a range of products from olives and figs to cheese and wine.
It’s growing reputation has been enhanced in [...]
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