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The Ugliest Pasta I Have Ever Made
Every now and again, things in my kitchen go horribly wrong. Remember the French Onion Soup fiasco? Sometimes, I pour hours of effort and...

Shannon Devy
Aug 4, 20234 min read


Roast Beetroot & Crème Fraîche Salad
I've been dying to eat at Cape Town's cult favourite bar and restaurant, Blondie, for months. And I finally did. Blondie is an uber-hip...

Shannon Devy
Jul 20, 20233 min read


Slow-Roasted Beef Ragu Recipe
Sometime in the recent past, flush with a fresh paycheck, I was inspired to take on a dish that I had always dismissed as costly and...

Shannon Devy
Jun 22, 20234 min read


Roast Chicken Thighs Recipe
Chicken thighs are my favourite part of the chicken to cook with. Crispy chicken skin? Gorgeous. Beautifully cooked bones for chicken...

Shannon Devy
May 26, 20234 min read


Something Holy
Alice Phoebe Lou Words - Dan Charles Photography - Angela Ricciardi The first time that I ever saw Alice Phoebe Lou live was when she...

Life & Style
May 1, 20234 min read


Karoo Dirt
Celebrating the back roads of South Africa’s dry heartland. Text & Photographs by Chris Marais and Julienne du Toit We have become very...

Life & Style
May 1, 20234 min read


Summer Surf Movies.
By Steve Honeysett I am often asked what I do when it gets too hot out on the beaches to be productive. I am not one who likes to bake...

Life & Style
May 1, 20233 min read


Pea & Rocket Burrata Pasta Recipe
Winter has arrived in the Cape on the back of a biting wind, delivering icy showers and increasingly shorter days. Winter is not strictly...

Shannon Devy
Apr 28, 20234 min read


Congee: The Ultimate Winter Comfort Food
I once lived with an Eastern European man (whom I count as one of my closest friends) who routinely ate porridge with feta and boiled...

Shannon Devy
Apr 4, 20234 min read


Savoury French Onion Soup
As Autumn settles in comfortably, there isn't a better time to try your hand at making this warm and savoury French classic. I tried it...

Shannon Devy
Mar 16, 20234 min read


Crispy Chicken Piccata
I've never eaten fried chicken with pasta before. It sounds like something a teenage boy would invent to carbo-load before an ill-advised...

Shannon Devy
Mar 6, 20235 min read


Tomato and Ricotta Pasta Recipe
If you read our last recipe for How to Make Fish and (No) Chips, you'll know that I am currently cooking under reduced circumstances....

Shannon Devy
Jan 4, 20233 min read


Spud Dud: How to Make Fish and (No) Chips
Happy new year, beloved readers! If your lives are nothing like ours, it was a restful period, free from the cinematic conflict and drama...

Shannon Devy
Jan 3, 20236 min read


How To Ruin Christmas: A Recipe For Disaster
Beloved readers, I am plagued by troubles. Since I moved to a lovely seaside flat in Sea Point two weeks ago, I have been operating...

Shannon Devy
Dec 16, 20223 min read


Quick Crumpets
The quickest way to win friends and hearts. By Shannon Devy Now, I’m not much of a cook. My intermittent forays into the world of home...

Shannon Devy
Dec 8, 20221 min read


Auntie Katrina’s Dogs.
A Karoo man who writes out speeding fines by day, and hit songs by night. Words: Julienne du Toit Photography: Chris Marais Boeta Gammie...

Life & Style
Dec 6, 20226 min read


A Dog’s Life.
By Mia McCarthy I'm going to start this story with a detail that is best gotten out of the way sooner rather than later: my dog was...

Life & Style
Dec 6, 20224 min read


The Call Of The Wild.
By Steve Honeysett Some say that the winds bring change and as we now move into the change of season, that would seem to be the case. The...

Life & Style
Dec 6, 20222 min read


It’s All Good Jeremy Loops.
By Dan Charles. Constantly listening and re-listening to Jeremy Loops’ latest album for this cover story has caused a major disruption...

Life & Style
Nov 26, 20226 min read


Mana Magic
By Steve Bolnick Across the vast continent of Africa there are a handful of places whose names evoke an almost spiritual awe and a deep...

Life & Style
Nov 26, 20226 min read
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