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Summer and watermelon. I've waxed lyrical about it before (find some related watermelon posts from salads to a vokatini here), and am afraid may launch into the same well-worn but heartily merry jingle each summer anew. Watermelon fish and giraffe are a fun food to make and share with kids. All displayed on beautiful, botanical platterware from Mustardseed and Moonshine
It appears, summer has decided to bare some skin and peek over the mountain in Cape Town - after an infuriating game of now you see me, now you don't. What better way to celebrate summer (and the upcoming weekend- rumoured to be smokin' hot) than with ice cold in-season watermelon and chilled vodka cocktail - a watermelon vodkatini. Add a handful of raspberries and you're rosy. There's no sieving, shaking, and barely any stirring here, unless you insist.
As we continue to enjoy warm days in the Cape, I make a quick, refreshing watermelon salad to be enjoyed as a starter or part of an Autumn feast.
This is an amazing smoothie for hot summer days- even better if someone brings it to you poolside, or to bed first thing in the morning! Frozen watermelon and an assortment of summer berries with a hint of mint.
The salty tang of fresh kelp lifts on a crisp breeze, across the cream-colored sands of Die Krans in Paternoster, once the lookout for fishermen monitoring the weather. Kobus van der Merwe stands on the verandah of his sparse 20-seater restaurant, a 130-year-old fisherman’s cottage called Wolfgat, about two hours from Cape Town, overlooking this point.
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Mexico City Food Guide, Muchas Graçias Mexico City – colourful, chaotic, and a crash-course in street-food, as Ishay Govender-Ypma learns, tasting her way through markets and curb-side stalls. Fine dining your north star? Check! But you’ll soon be drawn back to the abuela-style dishes found in the simple diners and homes around town. My Mexico [...]
Beyond the glittery resorts in Zanzibar, Tanzania, we meet a family in a village who allow us a glimpse into Zanzibari food culture. For Business Day WANTED magazine, April 2016
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Discovering Dar es Salaam - a Taste of the Real Dar A mini guide on Uncovering Dar es Salaam for a first time visitor Dar es Salaam street life With more than five million residents (the guide books under-quote the numbers, I’m told), Dar es Salaam, the “House of Peace” is recognised as [...]
