Articles Archive for November 2008
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Exactly how long honey has been in existence is hard to say because it has been around since as far back as we can record and that’s as old as written history, dating back further …
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Struffoli are small balls of fried dough and candied peel drenched in honey and found on every restaurant table, home and many shops in Naples around Christmas. Golden, sticky and sweet, the smell of frying …
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The USA, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand are struggling to come to grips with massive poaching problems and even though, recently, 5 people were arrested on suspicion of poaching abalone for commercial sale in …
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Most South Africans believe, albeit erroneously, that sosaties were brought to the Cape by the Indonesian slaves. This is not the case and whilst sate (or sisati) certainly did originate in Indonesia, they were not the …
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This was one of my mother’s basic, non-gourmet Sunday afternoon desserts made often because she had a lemon tree on the farm that simply refused to stop bearing fruit, regardless of the season. Being the …
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South African weather and history have a profound influence on the braai (barbecue) culture of the country. The British captured the Cape from the Dutch in 1795 because it was the French Revolution and Brits wanted to …
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Souskluitjies, to most Afrikaans children, are the supreme comfort dumplings and memories of the cinnamon sweet smoothness are bound to bring on bouts of nostalgia. My own mother made souskluitjies often when we were little …
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Eggs Florentine are rich and more of a brunch dish than a breakfast dish – since world currencies are plummeting and restaurants out of reach of many of us, we need to learn to do things …
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Meringues are a firm favourite in most families and are suitable for almost any occasion – from the family tea to a formal dinner party, one never goes wrong with meringues. Vary the sizes, whip …
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In 1925 the first tea plantations were built in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) by the English. An Englishman, Dr. Wallich, head of a botanical garden in Calcutta at the time, sent the first Assam tea …
