Summer corn soup

  • Post published:December 18, 2017

Who wants to spend hours in the kitchen on a hot sunny day? Not us! This summer corn soup will give you a delicious plate of nutritional yum in no time at all! 20 minutes to be exact!

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Ballot Kicherer Badenhorst’s Cocoa-coffee pork loin with chocolate-cranberry sauce

  • Post published:December 15, 2017

With the relaxed atmosphere of Eikendal’s Cucina di Giovanni and the friendly approach of chef Ballot, you’re in for a treat at this Winelands gem. Ballot showcases his approach to cooking through creative new recipes and taste combinations, grounded in traditional Italian fare. He showed us how it’s done by creating this pork loin just for MK!

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Christmas cooking made easy – Top tips from chef Tamsyn Wells

  • Post published:December 15, 2017

As the executive chef at the African Pride 15 on Orange Hotel in Cape Town, Tamsyn Wells is well acquainted with preparing complicated meals in multiple courses for large amounts of people. And that’s why she is the perfect person to give you some handy advice to make your festive cooking journey a little less tiresome this year.

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Classic cola de mono

  • Post published:December 15, 2017

Cola de mono, which directly translates as ‘monkey’s tail,’ is Chile’s customary Christmas drink. It mainly consists of milk, sugar, coffee, cloves and a generous splash of the potent South American liquor, aguardiente.

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December dining with J’Something

  • Post published:December 13, 2017

J’Something’s new cookbook Something’s Cooking is finally here, and we were drooling as we paged through it. We love that the recipes are super easy, traditional and are all great for entertaining. To give you guys a little sneak preview, we put together a three-course meal from the book. And if these recipes leave you wanting more, well, you know where to find them for only R330 (RRP is approximate) for the whole book!

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