Category Archives: Test kitchen recipes
Cucumber soup from ‘Help! There’s a Stove in my Kitchen’
By Louise Liebenberg THIS week I dipped into yet another cookery book aimed squarely at those for whom the kitchen is unfamiliar territory, for instance school leavers or young adults having to hunt and gather for the first time. The … Continue reading
Turkish chopped salad: A reader’s verdict
READER Johan Gerryts, of Essexvale in Port Elizabeth, tried last weekend’s The Global Table test kitchen recipe for the Turkish chopped salad from Sam and Sam Clark’s best-selling cookery book, ‘Casa Moro’, which has been re-released in softcover. Johan made … Continue reading
Smoked salmon pasta from Sonia Cabano’s ‘Relish’
By Louise Liebenberg MODEL turned constantly-in-demand chef Sonia Cabano is a renowned South African food writer and stylist to boot; some will no doubt also remember her for her very enjoyable television series ‘Pampoen tot Perlemoen’ on SABC a few years ago. … Continue reading
We try out the Apple Loaf from You: Let’s Bake
By Louise Liebenberg I’VE never been much of a baker and so the new edition of You: Let’s Bake which was sent to me by Human & Rousseau (an imprint of NB Publishers) some months ago has been lying perfectly … Continue reading
Tried and tasted by Bok legends
By Louise Liebenberg SPORT and food are two things that unite South Africans… and a new cookery book cleverly recognises this while also raising funds for charity. Springbok Kitchen, aptly subtitled “Celebrating the love of food, family and rugby”, was … Continue reading
Food for an allergy-free lifestyle
FOOD allergies can cause a world of misery in a family – even if you’re not the sufferer, but the one having to get creative at mealtimes day after day. Negotiating the mine-field of what constitutes truly wheat-free, dairy-free, egg-free … Continue reading
Test Kitchen Recipe: A super salad from 'Cook with 7de Laan'!
By Louise Liebenberg THE show has become a South African phenomenon right up there with boerebeskuit and putupap, with 1.5-million viewers (including Salvelio!) tuning in every weekday for a sweet and satisfying slice of 7de Laan pie. The makers of … Continue reading
Test Kitchen: Summer Food in Provence
WELL-KNOWN South African author Marita van der Vyver and her family have spent the last decade living a seemingly idyllic life in a village in Provence, and it is this splendid setting that inspired her newest project – a cookbook … Continue reading
For those who like it lean – and not so lean!
FRENCH women don’t get fat because, if super-svelte champagne fundi turned food writer Mireille Guiliano’s portion sizes are to be adhered to, even leprechauns would be uncharacteristically lean. The by now famous author of French Women Don’t Get Fat has … Continue reading
White chocolate cookies with rose cloud
February is the month of love, so today’s recipe on The Global Table is from the Valentine’s chapter in SA stage personality Nataniel’s new cookbook, Gatherings. But as Nataniel says in the introduction to this chapter, Valentine’s dinner should never … Continue reading
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