SEE! TROISGROS AT IGUERANDE!

With Lynn Chaulieu

Lynn Chaulieu of the Aux Jardins des Thévenets lunches with Marie-Pierre and Michel Troisgros, a famous name in France and son of the celebrated father, Pierre Troisgros, one of the great chefs of France! La Colinne du Colombier’s restaurant ‘Le Grand Couvert’ is a duo of cuisine and design - inimitable inspired French style. 

HEALTHY EATING
Have You Been Super-Sized?

By Sandy Killam-Hall

Are you one of the 64.5 percent of American adults over the age of 20 who is overweight? You could be suffering from portion distortion. 

A few leaves from… LE RESTAURANT

With Lynn Chaulieu

Lynn Chaulieu of the fascinating ‘Aux Jardines des Thévenets’, Espinasse-Vozell in France explains, "We always try and find that rare pearl for lunch, good food and good wine without ruining our pockets. We discovered ‘Le Restaurant’ and settled down in the ‘bas quartier’ of Le Creusot!". 

By Request! 21 THE FOUR SEASONS

By Jane Baxter Lynn

"The Winning Recipe"… how has the Four Seasons, one of the most famous and influential restaurants in America’s culinary history, remained a New York icon for almost fifty years? What keeps the rich and famous and the not so well-known coming back for more? Jane Baxter Lynn sat down with co-managing partner and celebrity in his own right, Julian Niccolini, to discover the secret (…2007). 

THE POWER OF SUNSHINE AND WATER - Part Two

By Mary-Ann Shearer

Why do you need sunshine and water to help you take control of your life? Well, as strange as it may seem, neither your body nor your mind would be able to function at optimal levels without them. 

FLAVOURS OF TERROIR

A Tale of Three Chefs

Michael Broughton sets a fine table at Terroir on the exquisite estate Kleine Zalze, Stellenbosch.

IN THE NEWS! IN THE NEW! IN THE NEWS! 

Art exhibition and star studded dinner and wine diary.

‘OH TO BE IN ENGLAND’  Part One 

By Leslie Back

"We adore England, says Leslie Back reminiscing."The elegance and eccentricity of the English, their wit and their whimsy. We were overjoyed to be back in this ‘green and pleasant land’." 

‘OH TO BE IN ENGLAND!’  Part Two

By Leslie Back

Blenheim Palace is the home of the Dukes of Marlborough and the birthplace of Winston Churchill, 30 November 1874. The great country houses of England were such ‘power houses’ of the British Empire. We love the history!

CHARLOTTE HUNT

An evergreen cook for all seasons!

After many years of lauding and applauding the cult of ‘the chef’, it does appear timely that there is the return of ‘the cook’. The undervalued angel of the kitchen that cooks divinely and whose dishes, prepared with loving hands, we wish to return to again and again. Charlotte Hunt is one of those angels!