Everything to do with South African fine wine. Wine magazine was published from October 1993 until September 2011 and now lives on in digital form as winemag.co.za
Prior to the lunch date that I am about to describe I don’t think that I had ever been to the Johannesburg suburb of Glenhazel....
Qunu Grill is on the ground floor of the super-smart Saxon hotel. Reviewers almost invariably ignore it and rather write about the establishment’s second floor,...
There is no obvious association between lentils and the Dunkeld shopping centre in Johannesburg. Generally this suburban arcade offers old money, posh nosh at inflated...
I ate in two Johannesburg Indian restaurants last week. Neither was perfect but then life seldom is. My first eating experience was a lunch at...
As temperatures drop and immune systems buckle into sore throat season, food that soothes and insulates seems increasingly appealing. At such times, there is nothing...
Modern chefs and food critics generally use the term ‘fusion’ to describe a late-20th century culinary phenomenon in which French cuisine was shocked out of...
Fashion and proximity to where food critics live plays more of a role than it ought to in the awarding of prizes. There are some...
I should know better, and in theory I do, but somehow I always forget about Fridays in Mayfair. Last week I did my usual stupid...
Meat eating can be extremely destructive. The Take Extinction Off Your Plate campaign has expressed concern that global meat consumption is accelerating deforestation, drought, and...
Cheap sushi is a deeply dangerous global abomination. Most of the inexpensive sushi served in South Africa is a rolling insult to Japanese culinary culture....
