• Crème caramel is one of the sweetest, smoothest, most delicious desserts in the world. Yet a surprisingly large number of cooks don’t know how to make it. That ends now, with this easy and divine recipe. You’ll need salted caramel for this recipe. Recipes and styling by Nomvuselelo Mncube  Photograph by Dylan Swart 

    I always make a double batch of pesto. It’s so good tossed through spelt spaghetti and cherry tomatoes for a quick and healthy midweek supper. Serve these spelt pizza with heirloom tomatoes, nectarine, prosciutto and kale pesto with a large green salad to create a more balanced meal with increased nutritional value. Recipe, styling and photographs by Dianne Bibby 

    High Tea at Jeera sounded fun, so three friends and I donned our party best and headed down to the Durban beachfront. Awaiting us was a table as pretty as a picture. White linen, roses in burnished bronze vases, crystal candle holders, a dinky glass teapot at each place, bowls of raspberries and strawberries, and flutes of Bombay Crush created an exotic ambience reminiscent of the days of the Raj. A spicy fragrance surrounded platters of savouries, among them chicken tandoori satay, shish kebabs, butter chicken “cigars” and dips that added bite. On cake stands, jewel-like fruit tartlets, coffee profiteroles,…

    Brooklyn Bubbles – the hugely successful and highly anticipated MCC and Champagne Festival at Brooklyn Mall – takes place over a two day period this year, on Friday, March 3, and Saturday, March 4. The annual festival, a highlight on Pretoria’s social calendar, will feature some of South Africa’s finest Methodé Cap Classiques and a selection of France’s best Champagnes. Local MCC producers at this year’s event include Avondale, Charles Fox, Domaine des Dieux, Villiera, Montpellier de Tulbagh, Genevieve MCC, Paul René, L’Ormarins, Pierre Jourdan, DeGrendel, Simonsig, Krone and Saronsberg. France’s Champagne houses will be represented by Nicolas Feuillatte, Taittinger…

    Print Recipe Chirashizushi (scattered sushi) Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 1 hr Ingredients SUSHI RICE 3 cups sushi rice 500ml (2 cups) water 75ml rice vinegar 15ml (1 tbsp) salt 40ml sugar SCATTERING INGREDIENTS 12 slices sashimi-grade tuna and salmon 12 tempura prawns 12 slices cucumber, halved 16 small wedges avocado 4 pinches of julienned radish
    Print Recipe Tuna sashimi with corn salsa and Peruvian-style green sauce Serves: 6 Cooking Time: 20 mins Ingredients GREEN SAUCE 120g feta cheese handful fresh mint leaves handful fresh coriander 1 fresh jalapeño chilli juice of ½ lemon 250ml (1 cup) corn oil/light vegetable oil 3 corn on the cobs, cooked 2 spring onions, chopped
    Print Recipe Pattypan and bulgur-wheat sushi with mango-chilli dip Serves: 15 Cooking Time: 20 mins Ingredients PATTYPAN & BULGUR-WHEAT SUSHI 100g bulgur wheat 3 nori sheets (available at leading- and Asian supermarkets) 1 avocado, peeled, pitted and sliced 150g raw salmon, cut into small chunks 250g pattypans, steamed and sliced 200g smoked salmon, sliced into