Dates: 3 & 4 December 2009: 4pm-9pm 5 December 2009: 8am-9pm Where: Pinaster Avenue, Hazelwood, Pretoria Contact info: 083 554 5636 info@hazelfoodmarket.co.za On sale: Over 100 stalls offering unique gifts, handmade Christmas decorations and exquisite food & wine. In aid of: Eleos Charity for Children. Wishlist from Eleos Kids: Clothing, books, plastic motorbikes, dolls with…
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Cake Baking Tips: Ingredients and Techniques
These excellent baking tips are ideal for cake lovers who want to make the perfect cake – every time! When measuring flour, fluff it in the bag then spoon into the measuring cup and level off with a knife. For better texture, try substituting buttermilk for regular milk in your cake recipe. For each cup…
Flavour of the month: Spring Onions
Spring onions are immature onions harvested before their bulb has swollen. Many supermarkets stock spring onions when they are in season, and they can also easily be grown at home; you can even use bulbs from the supermarket as a starter for your own spring onions. They are normally sold in bunches and should be…
Food Quote by Socrates
“Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.” – Socrates –
A Farm in My Heart
Doornkraal is a farm near De Rust where Swepie and Anne le Roux have farmed for decades. This is where they taught their children – all seven of them – to live off the bounty of the land. Everything served at Doornkraal’s table comes from the farm. The smoked sunflower seeds, the butter, the ricotta……
Food Trivia Q&A – Part 4
Let’s test your foodie knowledge once again by giving you another 10 food trivia questions. But first let’s take a look at the answers for the last 10 questions we gave you: Chicken The peanut Lactose The coconut Honey Madagascar An apple Peas Sugar South America Here’s another 10 questions. The answers will be posted…
Foods You Have to Try: Water Chestnuts
The Chinese water chestnut is a grass-like sedge grown for its edible corms. It grows underwater in mud and has a tube-shaped, leafless green stem that can grow up to about 1.5 metres. The small, rounded corms have a crispy white flesh that can be eaten raw, slightly boiled, grilled, pickled or tinned. Water chestnuts…
Food Words: Japanese
Each month we’re going to take a look at a few food words in different languages worldwide. Let’s start with Japanese! breakfast – cho’shoku, asameshi lunch – chu’jiki dinner – gosan, bansan beer – biiru, bakushu coffee – ko’hi, kafe juice – shiru, ekiju milk – gyu’nyu, miruku tea – ocha, cha water – mizu,…
Knives: What Types of Knives does your Kitchen need?
The average person’s kitchen only has a couple of chopping and cutting knives lying around – sharing a draw with a bunch of other utensils. This is ok as long as you are not planning to prepare anything out of the ordinary, but if you are an aspiring chef and serious about your culinary activities,…
Lemon Vanilla Cake
This simple and delicious cake made with yoghurt and topped with lemon icing is moist and creamy and ideal for those times when you have to rustle something up at the very last minute. Use the empty yoghurt tub to measure the oil, sugar and flour. By following this easy recipe, your cake will be…
What can I substitute for cayenne pepper?
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper can be substituted with 4 drops Tabasco sauce OR 1/8 teaspoon red pepper or chilli flakes/powder. You can also use paprika, however it’s milder so you will need to use about twice as much.
What can I substitute for baking powder?
1 teaspoon baking powder can be substituted by ¼ teaspoon baking soda plus ½ teaspoon cream of tartar OR ¼ teaspoon baking soda plus ½ cup sour milk, buttermilk or plain yoghurt.
