Here in Mzanzi, we love our seafood so much that it’s tricky to find a menu that doesn’t feature calamari, Kingklip or prawns. But, for anyone who has watched the spine-tingling documentary, The End of the Line, or given ear to the oracles at SASSI,...

We’ve kept our beady eyes open this month for foodie articles that make us feel giddy. These 10 articles, published around the world, are our favourites –  they’ve inspired us and kept us on our Spatula-shaped toes. 1. Not all Dijons...

Does your foodie world feel somewhat off-kilter this Monday morning? Perhaps it’s got something to do with the fact that the culinary world is indeed different: today it is without El Bulli, arguably the best restaurant in the world. El...

Are you fanatical about your daily caffeine fix? Then head over to the first I Love Coffee Festival at the Old Biscuit Mill in Cape Town on Saturday 30th July (yes, that’s tomorrow people). The festival is dedicated to the...

Not everyone gets to say that they live in a country that produces some of the best wine in the world and this week it’s time to celebrate this happy fact with the 10th annual Stellenbosch Wine Festival. The festival...

Did you know it was Bastille Day yesterday? Well, it was. Every year on 14 July the French, and people who think they are French, or like French things, celebrate the fact that back in 1789 the Bastille prison –...

A few weeks ago we took a group of young chefs (aged 6 to 12) to the Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town for a cooking session of legendary proportions (think the biggest, most colourful-almost-scary chocolate cakes imaginable). There were...

Online food journalism is like a scratch patch – there are lots of pretty precious stones but every now and then you come across a real gem, perhaps even a diamond, glistening and twinkling at you. It’s been a tough job sorting...

Want to know an easy way to lose friends? Ring them between 6.30pm and 7.30pm every Monday to Thursday. It’s MasterChef Australia time and you won’t be popular. The Aussie show has us completely hooked and judging by the influx...

The Aussies have taken the British version of MasterChef and fed it steroids. We’re addicted, and we’re certainly not the only ones. The Aussies are completely hooked too: last year a prime ministerial debate was rescheduled so as not to...