By Request! CHEESECAKES SUPREME

By Jacquelyn  Webb

Rich, glorious cheesecakes are a tempting indulgence and Jacquelyn Webb’s passion. She shares her inspirational collection of these addictive cakes with SHOWCOOK. 

SEE! BEST CHEF - CHEF AT HOME

By Nikki Werner

Award-winning chef Luke Dale-Roberts proves that cooking like a pro is simply about sound technique! 

SLAT MY DOOD…

By Hilary Prendini Toffoli

Snoek is a national treasure, a delicious game fish unique to the Cape. Yet it hardly ever appears on local restaurant menus. We talk to some of the city’s top chefs.

EGGS À LA CARTE

With’Prickly Pears & Pomegranates’

Bernadette le Roux and Marianne Palmer’s book, ‘Prickly Pears & Pomegranates’, offers a warm and intimate look at a way of life and a style of eating in the arid Karoo. An area always at the mercy of extremes, providing Marianne Palmer with an unlikely canvas on which to create the feasts she ultimately prepared. Cranemere cooks take a fresh look at eggs served in the most delicious ways!

EGGS - THE VITAL FACTS

With Madeleine de Villiers

Madeleine de Villiers, Dietician of the Health Professions Council of South Africa, tells us that there is no connection between eggs and the incidence of Coronary Heart Disease and strokes after the most exhaustive studies were done over a period of 25 years. The findings are important and illuminating for those that are denying themselves both vital nutrition as well as the pleasure of eggs in their diet.

SOUTH AFRICA EATS

With Phillippa Cheifitz

Phillippa Cheifitz reflects memories of our diverse cultural
 heritage and the many people that have formed South Africa’s
culinary home. In her newest book you will find a tempting
 sampler of dishes that are inspired by their unique traditions.
The late Donna Benatar, a Sephardi cook who lived at the Cape,
 established, through her generous and unstinting entertaining,
a reputation for the colourful and flavourful Sephardi cooking
that attracts so many cooks worldwide to this accessible table.

SIMNEL CAKE

Learn to Cook with Showcook

Greet the coming of Easter with Annette Kesler’s traditional Simnel cake.

SEE! TIPSY CHOCOLATE TRIFLE

Learn to Cook with Showcook

Fashionable desserts come and go but a tipsy trifle remains as richly seductive as ever, and makes the perfect sweet. 

ON OUR MENU - Stir Up Sunday

With Michael Olivier

Michael Olivier tells us that in the Anglican Church Book of  Common Prayer title "The Sunday next before Advent" will be on the 22nd November. This is the day on which, after Church, the Christmas puddings were made in my home when I was a boy [and I do not need to point out that this was some time ago!].

VEGETARIAN ADVENTURE

STRAWBERRY CROSTATA

With Viviane Bauquet Farre 

The strawberry is probably today’s most beloved fruit - and no wonder! Its Latin name frugaria means ‘fragrance’. They are certainly extremely fragrant and delicious to the point of addiction.