Braai/Barbecue

Prosciutto & Parmesan-stuffed pork loin – and win a book in my barbecue event!

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The braai. Aaah yes, that institution of South African social life, practised and beloved by all of us, whether abroad or at home.  So revered, in fact, that South Africans even created a day to celebrate the braai. Officially, 24 September every year is Heritage Day, the day when we celebrate South Africa’s rich cultural heritage and [...]

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Chicken, chorizo and Peppadew potjiekos

November 2, 2011

Synergy. It's a great word – like energy, only better (and despite the way it sounds, no hint of sin!).  It boils down to the notion that a cohesive group is more than the sum of its parts; that a group has the ability to outperform even its best individual member; and that teamwork will produce an overall better result [...]

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My Corfu love affair… and whole seabass on the barbecue

September 22, 2011

When I was at school, one of my favourite books that I read over and over was Gerald Durrell's My Family and Other Animals.  I remember being fascinated by his stories of childhood, a childhood so completely different to mine as to be unimagineable.  Bizarrely, the thing that stuck with me most is that he [...]

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Beef brisket with braai (BBQ) sauce potjiekos

June 5, 2011

There is a great joke about diets that goes something like this: STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT: The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans of Britons. The French eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans or Britons. The Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer [...]

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Lamb sosaties revisited – and a BBQ event!

September 6, 2010

Please remember to vote for me in the South African Blog Awards where I am a finalist in the Best Food and Best Overseas Blog categories!  You can vote once a day till 17 September.  Thanks! Yes, I know it's Monday, not Sunday, but I had 25 people at my house on Saturday, a headache [...]

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Whole leg of lamb on the braai/BBQ

July 19, 2010

People often ask me who my favourite chef or cookbook writer is, and I never hesitate to answer Nigel Slater.  His Kitchen Diaries transformed the way I thought about cookbooks – here for the first time was somebody who cooked exactly the way I aspired to – and took aspirational photos to boot!  I love [...]

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Curried vegetable potjiekos

June 29, 2010

A colleague of mine recently returned from a week of watching FIFA 2010 World Cup football in South Africa.  He said the football was so-so, but he loved the country – and the food.  Because he stayed with friends rather than in a hotel, he really got to eat what the locals ate.  The first thing [...]

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