Archive for July, 2009
 
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Don’t miss in Health! MOOD FOOD - HEALTHY EATING:
DESIGNING A MOOD FOOD DIET

 

By Patricia Godfrey

 

Are you moody or depressed, in need of revitalization and energy, or notice your behavior and mood changes from day to day? 

 

 

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By Request! MACROBIOTIC COOKING

 

By Jane Touwen

 

Jane Touwen, who has studied at the Kushi Institute in the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts, explains to Showcook about Macrobiotics. 

 

 

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SEE! THE OLD AND THE NEW: A Story of Two Vineyards 

Part Two


By Oded Schwartz

 

 

Oded Schwartz, food historian, visits Tulbagh, an unspoiled South African town, a gem in the Breede River Valley, home to Twee Jonge Gezellen and Saronsberg, two very different estates, both deeply steeped in the history of Tulbagh and the South African wine industry. 

 

 

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TULBAGH REVISITED

Part One

 

 

Oded Schwartz, food historian, revisits Tulbagh - an unspoiled South African town, a gem in the Breede River Valley. Buzzing, warm and friendly, a creative community of craftsmen who made this culinary adventure a delectable joy. This is country food at its best, flavourful, generous and prepared with a tremendous love of food and a deep knowledge of local tradition. 

 

 

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ROOIBOS - RED BUSH! TEA ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

 

At the Wellness Warehouse, Kloof Street, Cape Town

 

 

Known as a red bush tea, rooibos has high anti-oxidants, unlike other drinks rooibos contains no colours, additives or preservatives. It is a completely natural beverage and a great help with irritability, headaches, nervous tension and hyper tension. Another excellent benefit is that it does have anti spasmodic properties, which relieve stomach cramping and cholic in babies. 

 

 

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SEE! IN THE NEWS!

 


 

 

Salt Restaurant and Bar Wine & Gourmet Evenings, Morgenster’s latest accolade, lovely Catharina’s extends its Winter Warmers’, and don’t miss Michael Olivier on show at Sophia Lindop. Also IN THE NEWS! Simon Barlow of Rustenberg joins with signal restaurant for a gourmet wine evening at Cape Grace. Delicious Dish and Cloof wines prove it can at The Spoon Room 13th August! Journey through the flavours of South Africa with Bon Appetit’s Culinary Tour. 

 

 

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ST PANCRAS A FIVE STAR STATION

 

With Nancy V. Richards

 

 

Champagne, art, a direct line to Paris and a multi-million pound revamp puts St Pancras on a different style platform.

 

 

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SEE! CAFÉ FOOD At Home

 

"The principle of Café Food," says Gael Oberholzer,
"is get the basics right and the rest will fall into place.

 

 

Café Food at home, practical, simple, easy on the budget with dishes that conjure up bistro style eating that are imaginatively served and where preparation and cooking time are kept to the minimum.

 

 

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CYBELE FOREST LODGE & HEALTH SPA
Founder Member of Relais & Chateaux in South Africa in 1983

 

The sybaritic surroundings of Cybele

 

 

The very essence of tranquility as you gently wander through the rambling gardens and flower lined paths to the health spa. Experience blissful pampering followed by light lunch under the trees.

 

 

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CELEBRATING CYBELE
The Life & Times with Barbara Jeffries

 

The first Relais & Chateaux appointed in Southern Africa, 1983  

 

 

When Cybele opened their doors in May 1979 little did Barbara and Rupert Jeffries realise that Cybele would one day become a much loved and celebrated destination for travellers from all corners of the world. How did it all begin? Barbara Jeffries tells us.

 

 

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