• TWO ACRES TEA ROOM Kathleen Hornby Walsh’s tips on planting your own herb garden (from the article ‘Country Strong’ (August 2014) Caring for and maintaining your herbs: • Water newly planted herbs regularly. Watering and drainage goes hand in hand, so rather give your herbs too little water than too much. After a good soaking, allow the water to drain away and the soil to dry off. Water again when the top 2 – 3cm of soil is dry to the touch. • Mulch your herbs once a year with bulky organic material, such as shredded bark. • Fertilising is…

    Print Recipe Sherry peas with quail eggs and ham Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 20 Ingredients Sauce 30ml (2 tbsp) olive or avocado oil 4 garlic cloves, peeled and thinly sliced 1 red onion, chopped 8 slices ibérico or serrano ham 60ml (¼ cup) full-cream sherry 60ml (¼ cup) vegetable stock 500g frozen peas Maldon sea

    It’s an entirely new concept coming soon to a TV screen near you! A cooking show where children and their parents will go up against other food-loving families in a series of foodie challenges. Hosted by Zuraida Jardine with two all-star chef judges – Coco Reinarhz and Martin Kobald, Clover’s Little Big Cook Off (LBCO) airs on May 10 on SABC 3. Winners will walk away with a R300,000 kitchen makeover and an all expenses paid family holiday to Disneyland! Get more information here: www.littlebigcookoff.co.za. At the launch event for the show in Johannesburg, we caught up with the judges…

    This twist on the traditional Christmas pudding is a real delight! Your guests will be wowed by this pear trifle and will even line up for seconds… and thirds!