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.

ON A PLATE

Signature dishes from SA’s award-winning restaurants

StreetSmart, an amazing organisation, hoping to roll out nationally and whose aim is to protect and educate the street children of the cities of South Africa, will benefit from this lovingly and carefully compiled cookbook by Jess Meredith-Watts. Among the 20 top ranked premier regional restaurants featured are Myoga, Ile Maurice and Rust en Vrede. Many talented top chefs have given most generously of their time and great skill to making On A Plate a book for a very special cause.

HONEYMOONS

AUTUMN IDYLL AT THE PALACE

Serene, joyous, supremely carefree days. Spend them together beside the sea, waterski on azure waters, canter along the beach, take wonderful walks deep in the forest, sip a glass of red wine warmed by the fire. Honeymoon forever.  

FLAVOURS OF BUSHMANS KLOOF

 A heavenly wilderness retreat

One of the many reasons that visitors to Bushmans Kloof return again and again is that their delectable table is one for all seasons. Talented Leanne Roberts shares some of her creative recipes with Showcook.com. Colourful, vivid dishes, alive with exciting flavours.

SAVVY KIDS

By Sarah & Rupert McKerron
With Linda McCourt 

Sarah and Rupet McKerron have certainly hit the jackpot once again with their new cookbook ‘Savvy Kids Menus’, which follows ‘Savvy Kids Food’. The children have grown and Sarah is a typical busy working mum, increasingly concerned about the way children eat today. What she aims to do in this book is to provide parents with a blue print for the best possible start in life.

CHICKEN BREASTS ON RISOTTO

Learn to Cook with Showcook

Once you have mastered the art of making of a good creamy risotto you will enjoy the versatility of this Italian speciality. Essentially it is necessary to patiently stir hot stock into an absorbent rice such as arborio and continue stirring and adding stock until the rice is soft and thickened.

The ABC to successful cooking! 

Learn to Cook with Showcook

Introducing essential techniques, all you need to know to improve your skills in the kitchen. A real learning experience!
CHEERS!

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.

SPECIAL REQUEST! OUT TO DINE
WITH RELAIS & CHÂTEAUX
THE CELLARS HOHENORT AND UITKYK

Join us for a glimpse of one of South Africa’s most coveted Relais & Châteaux tables and enjoy a taste of Executive Chef Rumé Booyens elegant menus. The Cellars-Hohenort, an integral part of the superb Collection of Relais & Châteaux five star hotels, that dedicated Liz McGrath has transformed with her inimitable touch over the years into a veritable oasis of exquisite accommodation and  discerning cuisine in the midst of glorious gardens.

DEM BONES

With Sally-Ann Creed 

Osteoporosis is exactly what its name suggests -porous bones or thin bones. It’s remarkably common in fact, so much so that one in two women and one in five men over the age of 50 are said to be suffering from it.