By Request! See… FIRE WATER - SOUTH AFRICAN BRANDY

Michael Fridjhon, one of South Africa’s leading winewriters says, "The true pleasure of the brandy distiller’s art takes a lifetime to reveal. It is not a voyage frivolously undertaken, but the world it opens up is deeply hospitable and every staging post is a microcosm of the route."

‘Fire Water’ is a fascinating account by Wendy Toerien of how brandy is created, weaving a compelling tale and one that involves the reader from start to finish - absorbing and thrilling! 

QUEEN OF TARTS ON A VALENTINE’S DAY

Bake with Tina Bester

Tina Bester, at her delightfully whimsical store, ‘Queen of Tarts’, in Observatory, has created the epitome of home baked treats made in the old fashioned way but with her particular twist. Enjoy both sweet and savoury treats and bake them in advance to serve on a fun filled Valentine’s Day. 

"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.

LAZY DAYS
Contemporary Country-Style Cooking

By Phillippa Cheifitz

In Phillippa’s latest book, we are taken on a lazy meander up the West Coast to her family beach house at Paternoster, a retreat where there is time to cook honest delicious food, the kind we all love and don’t have the time for during busy weeks. 

REUBEN COOKS

With Reuben Riffel

Thirty–four year old South African culinary sensation Reuben Riffel grew up in humble Groendal and is now one of the country’s best chefs. His restaurant, Reuben’s, lies in the heart of South Africa’s famous winelands in Franschhoek, a beautiful town fast becoming known as one of the world’s premier food and wine destinations.

NEW! PRICKLY PEARS & POMEGRANATES

Local, organic and seasonal food from the Plains of the Camdeboo

 

 

Bernadette le Roux and Marianne Palmer’s book, ‘Prickly Pears & Pomegranates’ oozes charm, brought to life from the Plains of Camdeboo in the Great Karoo. It is the women of Cranemere Farm, everyone of them a great cook in her own right, who brought food influences to the Karoo from around the globe.