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Eat with your eyes and make a colour salad
Colour salads is a phrase that tends to tumble from the lips of many a visitor to Babylonstoren‘s Babel restaurant. It’s one of their simplest and loveliest odes to the gardens they grow. By focusing on colour first, they’ve taught... Continue reading
Lorraine Loots and our new cards and magnets
Did you know that the first Yuppiechef card was written to Denise Gunner on 23 November 2006 to say hello and thank you for her order? Our handwritten thank you cards and magnets, sent out with every Yuppiechef order, are... Continue reading
40 of our best braai tips
If we’ve learnt anything from the Ultimate Braai Master, it’s that breaking the rules of convention is the best way to impress your braaing audience. We asked for your best braaing tips and man did you deliver. Here are our... Continue reading
5 fun layered cake ideas every baker should try
Cakes are getting a major make-under with the new naked cake trend and we love it. It’s about bending the traditional rules and looking out for the bare necessities, as the chipper Baloo likes to remind us. With a super laid-back, no-frills feel,... Continue reading
Curious and clever cooks meet on our forum
Across the internet, one of the best ways to get a personalised response to a tricky question is on forums. These are places where curious people hungry for knowledge hang out to ask or answer even the most difficult of... Continue reading
What is the Wonderbag?
If you’ve been hanging around these parts of late, you’ll have noticed that we have a little soft spot for the Wonderbag. There’s good reason for it. This large, loud (and by that we mean colourful), pillow-shaped cooker has revolutionised... Continue reading
Herby quinoa, roasted pumpkin and feta
Always wanted to try a quinoa recipe (say it with us, KEEN-wa) but not too sure how to go about it? Don’t worry folks, quinoa couldn’t be easier to cook if we shipped it to your door (and we do).... Continue reading
What will you be doing this Easter weekend?
A long weekend is upon us. But this isn’t just any ordinary weekend. Easter weekend can be filled with so many fun traditions and, our natural curiosity abounding, we wondered – what will you be up to this weekend? So,... Continue reading
What’s for dinner, Valentine?
Imagine a group of folks sitting around a table, having a pow-wow over what to cook their loved one this Valentine’s Day. It’s a tricky meal with a lot weighing on it. And because we don’t want you having a... Continue reading
The top buys of 2013
Are you one of the many who delight in opening our weekly Hot Products newsletter? Filled with the latest and greatest tools and ingredients plus inspiring regular reads and recipes, our Hot Products newsletters are the thing to read if... Continue reading