Spring is here and with it the promise of new beginnings and a fresh start. Finally, we can start awakening to warmer temperatures, enjoy the most beautiful sunrises, and gentle evening breezes as well as some of the freshest, seasonal ingredients. If winter was all about warming foods that comfortingly guided your well-gloved hands through…
As we feel the chill of Autumn gently waft its way into our homes, the familiar anticipation for warm, soft golden carbs grows undeniably in our bellies. Mosbolletjie bread is a South African staple bread that holds all the comfort of a warm brioche combined with the local flair and flavour of the Cape Winelands.…
Love is amongst the most treasured elements of the human experience. It fills us with joy and peace and can be as exhilarating as it is tranquil. Luckily, despite love sometimes being complicated, there are endless flavours through which we can express it. On this Valentine’s Day, we honour all forms of love. From the…
Happy memories are the essential, invisible and invaluable ingredients for any spectacular recipe. Nostalgia is baked into our favourite foods so deeply that it only takes the smell of cinnamon gently wafting through the house to fill you with the love of a carefree child gazing at your mom in expectant adoration as she flips…
From the easy eating pleasure of a pillowy marshmallow egg to the crack of foil-covered bunnies, easter eggs fill our lives with sweet memories. As children, we excitedly scurry around the house tracking down these hidden chocolate treasures and beam with smiles as we lick the baking spoons and bowls clean. Grace Stevens, TV chef,…
From the easy eating pleasure of a pillowy marshmallow egg to the crack of foil-covered bunnies, easter eggs fill our lives with sweet memories. As children, we excitedly scurry around the house tracking down these hidden chocolate treasures and beam with smiles as we lick the baking spoons and bowls clean. Grace Stevens, TV chef,…
Macarons have had a meteoric rise to the top of the confectionery hierarchy recently with speciality shops bringing out every flavour from raspberry to rose, cotton candy to champagne crème. Sandwiched between two delicate shells the variety of buttercreams, fruit curds, preserves, and ganache’s is only limited by your imagination. The problem is that as…
Love and food are as intertwined as the rose vine that grew up the side of Juliette’s balcony and sharing a meal, particularly a sweet treat, to celebrate love is a pastime that dates back through the ages. For the award-winning TV chef, cookbook author and dessert diva Grace Stevens, cooking is more than an…
Love and food are as intertwined as the rose vine that grew up the side of Juliette’s balcony and sharing a meal, particularly a sweet treat, to celebrate love is a pastime that dates back through the ages. For the award-winning TV chef, cookbook author and dessert diva Grace Stevens, cooking is more than an…
A few weeks into lockdown many of us were whipping and whisking our way to beautiful desserts and it was brilliant! However, when the cake is in the oven and the stack of baking bowls, cake moulds, and piping nozzles are towering over your kitchen sink it can feel less like a hobby and more…