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! 

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!

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.

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. 

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. 

ON PARADE - THE MUST HAVE CAKES & TARTS

 A collection of divine recipes that you will want to keep and enjoy!

Chocolate, almonds, oranges and semolina, wholesome, simple and delicious tastes together with a soupçon of the unusual by some well known food writers. Among them Phillippa Cheifitz, Heilie Pienaar, Marlene van der Westhuizen, Barbara Newman and Sue Lawrence known as the ‘Queen of Baking’ in Scotland.

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.

Franck Dangereux’s recipes
from his superb book FEAST

See… The Foodbarn

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.