• We chat to Chef James Diack, owner of Coobs and The National, and got to know him a bit better. Read on for some interesting insights and fun facts about Chef James. What is your favourite food trend and why? There’s a couple that really resonate with my focus on seasonality and sustainability: Provenance: People are starting to really care about where the dish comes from and are clueing up. Customers want to know if their grass-fed steak is 100% grass-fed or finished on 20% corn. In this light, people need to make sure that what they’re being told is the…

    The now well-known four Retief cousins joined forces in the mid 90’s. One after the other, after completing their studies, they joined the family farm, Van Loveren.  Their first big endeavour was introducing the much-loved Four Cousins range of wines in 2000. Released in a rather impressive 1,5-litre bottle, it made a lot of noise and today it’s South Africa’s biggest selling bottled wine brand. In fact, Four Cousins is also affectionately known as the country’s favourite vino in a bottle. The legendary Four Cousins have now added a brand new home, a new landmark in the heart of Robertson.…

    Fresh and light – the perfect side for any chicken dish. These are also delicious eaten cold and can be made into mini fritters – great as canapes. Be sure to make a few extra for the following day. Recipe by Leila Saffarian Assisted by Nomvuselelo Mncube Photograph by Dylan Swart TRY THIS: Tomato and herb fritters served with tzatziki ALSO TRY: Baby marrow fritters with green salsa and coconut cream

    Here we have used only potatoes, but you could add sweet potato wedges into this mix or even butternut. This basic recipe is a great snack to make at home even for the laziest of cooks and highly satisfying when eaten fresh from the oven. Either snack on it or add it to your main meal. Recipe extracted from Olami, written by  Nirit Saban About Olami “Olami was established in 2016, but has been running as a catering and deli kitchen for the past six years under the former name of Sababa. With the new name change I decided to…