New Kid(s) on the Block …
Author: Juli on 21 January 2010At Winecountry we feel that we have an eye for excellence and in this instance, it comes in the form of Yolande Schoeman, a twenty something photographer from Pretoria. Yolande has helped her father, Fanus, the owner of Livemoments since the tender age of sixteen when she spent her weekends and school holidays taking pictures of [...]
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How to have fun on a bus …
Author: Juli on 15 December 2009Take some Journalists, throw in a tour guide, a couple of photographers, a really cool driver, make sure you are in a Hylton Ross bus, and take a trip to the Breede Valley. We met at the offices of the Cape Winelands District Municipality in Stellenbosch and after a warm welcome and a “goodie” bag with [...]
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Angel hands and whisky …
Author: Juli on 13 November 2009I love the TV ad for Black Bottle Whisky but never thought I would actually go out and buy a bottle. Imagine buying Whisky because you like an ad and because of the really hot accent of the actors!? The FNB Whisky Live Festival was great. Imagine being able to taste all these wonderful whiskies before [...]
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A Matter of Taste
Author: Juli on 15 October 2009Okay, we always hear that something or other is a matter of taste, like the really ugly dress or suit or haircut or a car or furniture. How can it be a matter of taste if everybody can see it’s ugly or unflattering or uncomfortable? Surely the “Taste Police” should be employed full time. I remember [...]
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A new Age…
Author: Juli on 02 October 2009Sometimes people just get things right. It doesn’t really matter what they do, because it will turn out great. Charles Back, of Fairview, has pretty much perfected this recipe. I chatted to Erlank Erasmus, one of the directors of Fairlife. His company produces a non-alcoholic drink, made at Fairview with partners Charles Back and Wimpie van [...]
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Chicken Tikka Masala
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27 January 2010
by Jacoba Budden
A visit to Cape Town isn’t complete without a visit to the Bo-Kaap*. The bright, colourful homes that line the cobbled streets are about 260 years old and the suburb is a melting pot of cultures - mostly descending from slaves that were imported to the Cape from Malaysia, Sri Lanka and India. The majority [...]
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Boerewors
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20 January 2010
by Jacoba Budden
This time of the year everybody seems to have a project - whether it’s building cupboards, re-doing the garden, going on diet or creating something - we all have a one! I’m on a sausage making/green fig bottling kick and even though the figs on the farm aren’t cooperating because they simply don’t want to [...]
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The Braai - Full Weekend Menu
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14 January 2010
by Jacoba Budden
The Taino and Carib peoples of the Caribbean and South America were the first people to slow cook meat over a fire. It was the Spanish conquistadores who first found them roasting, drying and smoking meats on a wooden framework over a bed of coals called a barbricot and the Spaniards pronounced it barbacoa. The [...]
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Tomato and Honey Chicken
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12 January 2010
by Jacoba Budden
The hectic Christmas season is over but the guests still keep coming and coming because the Cape, at this time of the year, is the most magically beautiful place on earth. As February approaches, the weather just keeps getting better and long, perfect days melt into long perfect evenings - which means that entertainment simply [...]
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Egyptian Lemon Lamb
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07 January 2010
by Jacoba Budden
Today, in Egypt, lamb is one of the most popular meats and since Egypt is in Africa, we decided to include this really superb recipe. Because this dish cannot be appreciated without a glass of wine, let’s briefly look at the Egyptian wine production. They do make wine and produce about 42,000 hl per annum [...]
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North African Chilled Almond Soup
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05 January 2010
by Jacoba Budden
Many of us believe that because Morocco was in French and Spanish possession for periods in the 19th and 20th centuries, the cuisine has been heavily influenced by the French and the Spanish. Of course, some ideas must have been shared but the culinary tradition is firmly rooted in the culture of the indigenous Berbers [...]
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