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Its been quite a while since we included a really good recipe for a weekend cake which is why we decided on this one. It’s luscious, decadent and as rich as all cheesecakes are supposed …

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It’s hot in the South African Cape at the moment and not less so in Australia. It is a time of changing weather in the north and in the south and whilst many of us …

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The Mojito is one of Cuba’s oldest cocktails – the comes from the African word, mojo, which means ‘to place a spell’ and so mojito will mean to place a ‘little spell‘. At one point Sir …

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“The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star.”  - Anthelme Brillat-Savarin in his Physiology of  Taste had a point, but if so,  finding new food type …

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Pickles can be made from many things and many cultures make them, none more so than the Indians but also the Malaysians, Indonesians and many other countries. Because there isn’t a heatwave everywhere in the …

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“Nutrition is the essential factor sustaining human life. It is through this means that, within a single person, yin and yang come into play and the five phases succeed one another in proper order”. Gao …

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Vita vinum est! As Trimalchio proclaimed to his dinner guests (Petronius, Satyricon 34.) Wine is life! Especially in these trying times one would wish it was – sadly it isn’t. On the subject of wine, though …

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In the beginning Roman food was simple. What started off as a basic agricultural by-product that was necessary for human life, evolved into an art form and though I’m unable to think of Italian food …

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In modern society alcoholic coolers, gin and tonic, campari and beer are only a few of the ‘drinks’ enjoyed when friends get together for an evening on the town. Wine is normall, though not always, …

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The recipes for the ‘Basically‘ series are not a weekly or monthly thing. We include them only when we come across something is suitable and that fits into the topic under discussion at the time. …