• What if the world’s greatest steak tasting wasn’t about deciding which cut you like best, but discovering why every exceptional steak tells a different story? On Friday, 24 July 2026, premium beef educator Thelma Maritz, founder of Die Vleismeisie, will host an intimate Steak & Wine Experience at Cellar Collective Wine Bar in Woodstock, in an evening designed to challenge everything guests thought they knew about steak. Far more than a traditional dinner, the experience takes guests on a guided exploration of premium beef through three thoughtfully curated tasting courses, each showcasing a different combination of breed, cut and ageing…

    There’s a quiet little workhorse living in your bathroom – and no, it’s not your fancy hand soap or that perfectly folded guest towel. It’s your toilet brush.   Not glamorous. Not Instagrammable. But absolutely essential.  And here’s the thing: if you’re not cleaning your toilet brush, you’re undoing all your hard work every time you scrub the bowl.   The problem with “out of sight, out of mind” A toilet brush does the dirty work, so it’s easy to assume it can take care of itself. It can’t. Left damp and unwashed, it quickly becomes a cosy home for bacteria, unpleasant smells and residue you really don’t want hanging around.  The fix? A few simple habits that take minutes – but make all the difference.  1. Start with a proper…

    There are few things more frustrating than getting halfway through a recipe only to realise you’re out of breadcrumbs. You’ve already chopped the onions, seasoned the mince and preheated the oven. The last thing you want to do is dash to the shops for one ingredient. Luckily, you probably already have everything you need to make your own breadcrumbs at home. It’s one of the easiest kitchen staples to DIY, and it’s a great way to give stale bread a second life instead of throwing it away. What are breadcrumbs used for? Breadcrumbs do much more than coat chicken schnitzels.…

    Women’s Month Sunday Lunch Series celebrates Cape Town’s Women in Food and Wine This Women’s Month, Upper Union and Reverie Social Table will come together for an intimate Sunday lunch collaboration celebrating women at the table, in the kitchen and in the cellar. Hosted by Upper Union’s chef Amori Burger and Reverie Social Table’s chef Julia Hattingh, the lunch series will take place over four Sundays in August, with each lunch featuring a three-course menu (with a few surprise extras) and a female winemaker pouring wines selected for the occasion. Bringing together two Cape Town restaurants with distinct yet complementary…

    Turn everyday vegetable odds and ends into a comforting bowl of goodness with this no-waste vegetable soup. Made with cauliflower florets, stalks and leaves, spinach stems, and stale…