Cooking with quality pots and pans, made out of appropriate material for the different cooking methods, can definitely improve your culinary results in the kitchen. There is such a wide variety of cookware available to both professional and amateur chefs nowadays, however, so it can be hard to decide on what to buy. Some makes…
Archives for October 2009
Nigella Christmas: A recipe book you shouldn’t be without
Christmas is a time for family and friends, for tradition and treats. But, let’s face it, when the pressure to feed and entertain builds up, the festive season can begin to lose its sparkle… That’s where Nigella comes in. With her no-nonsense approach, her inspirational ideas and empathy for the practical realities of the season…
6 reasons to buy Wusthof Knives
Like professional photographers need a good camera and professional racing drivers need a good car, professional chefs really need to have good knives. Because in every profession the tools you use can significantly enhance your performance! If you are a chef or an aspiring chef, and if you really want the best of the best,…
Thai Fish Cakes
These fish cakes are delicious served as a canapé on skewers or as a light starter served with Asian greens and lemon wedges. This recipe makes about 18 cakes but it can make more or less depending on how big you create the fish cakes. Total preparation time is approximately 40-50 minutes.
Flavour of the month: Cayenne Pepper
The cayenne, also called Guinea pepper or bird pepper, is a hot, red chili pepper that can be used to flavour dishes and for medicinal purposes. Named for the city of Cayenne in French Guiana, it is a cultivar of Capsicum annuum related to bell peppers, jalapeños and others. The fruits are generally dried and…
9 Celebrity Chefs: What Made Them Famous?
The term celebrity chef applies to a class of chefs who are well known for presenting cookery advice and demonstrations via mass media – especially television. Let’s take a look at the careers of nine famous celebrity chefs and find out what exactly has made them so famous. JAMIE OLIVER Jamie grew up in his…
Ficksburg Cherry Festival
Ficksburg in the Eastern Free State is known throughout the country as Cherry Town, and the Ficksburg Cherry Festival takes place during the third week in November. This is the longest running festival in South Africa and will celebrate its 42nd anniversary this year – from Thursday 19 November to Saturday 21 November. Festival activities…
Creamy Broccoli Soup
This is one of my absolute favourite soup recipes and can be whipped up in 30 minutes flat. The recipe makes use of spinach leaves in addition to broccoli as well as a hint of lemon which all combine extremely well together. Although the recipe calls for baby spinach leaves, the larger leaves can be…
Simple Stylish Meals
The third in a series of four exciting new recipe books by Sharon Glass, Simply Stylish Meals boasts a variety of easy-to-follow recipes fit for entertaining for any occasion, no matter whether you’re a novice or a pro. The book boasts 78 full colour photographs and 71 fresh, innovative recipes as well as preparation time…
Fabulous Food
“Fabulous Food” is a collection of practical, reasonably easy, delectable recipes in a visually captivating format. All 180 recipes have been photographed in full colour, with an easy layout and design that will make reading and using the book a pleasure. “Fabulous Food” is a combination of the new and the old – a selection…
500 Cupcakes: The Only Cupcake Compendium You’ll Ever Need
Once upon a time, cupcakes were only a kid-friendly party favourite. No longer! Cupcakes are now the treat of the times – simple and chic. 500 Cupcakes is just that: a storehouse of recipes, written in clear instructions and appealingly packaged in bright, modern colours. 500 Cupcakes from front to back provides what bakers of…
Nigella Express
Nigella and her style of cookery have earned a special place in our lives, symbolising all that is best, most pleasurable, most hands-on and least fussy about good food. But that doesn’t mean she wants us to spend hours in the kitchen, slaving over a hot stove. Featuring fabulous fast foods, ingenious short cuts, terrific…