Reviews
Who moved my cheese?
I’ve been trying to put my finger on what it was about this year’s Cheese Festival that didn’t quite gel for me. There was a lot I did enjoy… but something wasn’t quite right. Somebody moved my cheese.
Jacu Bird Coffee: bird droppings have never tasted this good…
So, you’ve probably heard about Kopi Luwak coffee – the Indonesian variety made from coffee berries guzzled, digested and (ahem) excreted by Asian palm civets – but what about one made from bird droppings? I found some just this morning…
Bottle Plate Pillow: A new wine farm search engine for the Western Cape
I don’t spend a lot of time trawling wine farms, but I’ve just discovered a new website that might just get me out there a little more often… It’s called Bottle, Plate, Pillow – a search engine for Western Cape wine farms, and what makes it different from anything I’ve seen thus far is how [...]
Tea for two, and two for tea… Indulging in high tea at the Mount Nelson
I had the immense pleasure, earlier this month, of being invited to enjoy High Tea at the luxurious Mount Nelson Hotel in Gardens. High Tea is an institution at the ‘Nelly’ – served up every single day of the year (yes, even on Christmas Day) – between 2.30pm and 5.30pm. It’s a buffet-style affair, with [...]
Review: Shared Earth Magazine
Shared Earth is a magazine I’ve been eagerly looking forward to laying my grubby green paws on since I first found out about its imminent creation back in August… And, folks, I’m happy to report that it has now arrived – and ecstatic to add that it is everything I’d hoped for, and more. Before [...]
Review: Simply Green Magazine
So I picked up a copy of the newly launched Simply Green magazine at the Natural & Organic Products Expo last month and have since had a chance to read through from start to finish. It’s one of three new local ‘green’ magazines hitting the shelves this year (the others being the recently launched Red [...]
Review: The Whole Food Almanac – A shopping guide to healthy eating in the Cape
Let me jump right in and declare it: I LOVE this book. With all of its 143 pages dedicated to how and where to find the best healthy, natural, local food – what’s not to like The Whole Food Almanac, written by Michelle Matthews (Cookie Not Cheffy), is a handy guide for anyone looking to [...]
Crush: Fresh Food Fast In The City Bowl
Crush is a relatively new eatery in the also fairly new Wembley Square complex, in Gardens. The focus: fresh food, fast, and in my opinion, they are most definitely getting it right. I love Crush. I would (and often do) go out of my way to stop in and sample one of their many tasty [...]
