(Lantern) Ever since that pith-helmeted anthropological roam around Thailand, where you traipsed from pool lounger to food stall, from beach to food stall, from internet café to food stall……
(Love Food) Stirfries, what’s not to like? All you need is a wok – that workhorse of the Chinese kitchen – a handful of pocket-friendly greens; maybe a protein…
By Luke Nguyen (Murdoch Books) The French colonisation of Vietnam lasted nearly a century. It should therefore come as no small surprise that much of the cuisine is a…
By Kobus Mulder with Russel Wasserfall (Sunbird) There’s nothing more delicious than finding the perfect partners for your cheese board. ZAZA MOTHA chatted to artisan cheesemakers about their latest…
By Jane Lawson (Murdoch Books) Reviewed by Kate Turner Self-confessed ‘Japanophile’, Jane Lawson, captures the restorative power of Japanese food in this superb collection of Japanese recipes. Finding herself…
Murdoch Books, R688 Ben Shewry is chef at Melbourne’s multi award-winning restaurant, Attica. An avid forager and champion of artisan producers, Ben’s connection with nature stems from his childhood…
Ayurvedic health care adviser and author of Conscious Cuisine, Damyanti Gajjar, focuses on the importance of energy or prana (life force) when it comes to cooking. Using herbs and…
Jenny Handley writes about the launch of Babel, a fabulous new cookbook launched in time for Christmas The launch of the book Babel, by Maranda Engelbrecht, was as nature…
(Bookstorm and Pan Macmillan, R250) “You need to be able to make the perfect braai, without fuss or fanfare. It’s just one of those things that separate the men…
Bill Granger, Gino D’Acampo, Heston Blumenthal and more… By Andrea Pafitis-Hill and Ingrid Casson SUGAR, SUGAR (Simon and Schuster, R310) Take two sassy American “sugar mommas” with wild imaginations…
Jamie Oliver, Justin Bonello, Michele Cranston and more… By Ingrid Casson and Belinda dos Santos MARIE CLAIRE FRESH + EASY (Murdoch Books,R240) Michele Cranston’s new book will have you…
Gordon Ramsay, Rachel Allen, Adam Liaw and more… THE HEART OF THE HOME (Random House Struik, R403) In her second cookbook Australia’s first MasterChef Julie Goodwin shares 100 of…
Mourad Lahlou, Sarah Graham, Donna Hay and more… By Andrea Pafitis-Hill BITTEN. (Struik Lifestyle, R230) What began as Sarah Graham’s food blog, afoodieliveshere.wordpress. com, has resulted in this cookbook…
Pete Evans, Marc Vetri, Tamasin Day-Lewis and more… By Andrea Pafitis-Hill FOOD YOU CAN’T SAY NO TO (Quadrille Publishing, R398) Aptly titled, Tamasin Day-Lewis’s latest release focuses on making…
Sally Bee, Jennifer Irvine, Serge Dansereau and more… By Andrea Pafitis-Hill FRENCH BISTRO (Flammarion, R435) In featuring 12 of the best bistros in Paris, Bertrand Auboyneau, owner of the…