• Get ready for a spicier June as Cape Herb & Spice gears up for Herb & Spice Day! Last year, tucked in between Donald Duck day and German chocolate cake day, they discovered Herb & Spice Day. The opportunity could not be missed to celebrate flavour and culinary creativity. Now, the brand is back with a new collaboration for the grand return of this soon-to-be revered day on Monday, June 10th, 2024. Mark your calendars and get ready to shake your grill/kitchen, because Cape Herb & Spice is leading the charge with its signature flair! Get ready for a mouth-watering…

    A very ‘Japan-easy’ mix of sculptural veggies and decorative garnishing cocooned in exquisite lacquered wooden boxes, or plastic stamped with ‘Hello Kitty’, define the millennial aesthetic of bento. Bento is, quite simply, a well-balanced and appetising meal, creatively arranged in a lunch box. But it wasn’t always this pop culturedriven. Before the modern bento – or o-bento – large leaves, leather pouches, linen sacks, woven straw envelopes, wicker baskets and round wooden buckets were all used as crude portable lunch containers. It was in the 12th century that the bento box took root in Japanese culture and overshadowed other, more…

    The Food and Wine in the Wild Festival will return to the Kruger Station for its annual tradition in July.  Set against the backdrop of the wilderness that surrounds the historical Selati line, the Food and Wine in the Wild Festival will return to the Kruger Station at Skukuza Rest Camp in the Kruger National Park on the 5th and 6th July. The annual festival will feature wines from the country’s most prestigious vineyards – from the rolling wine regions of Stellenbosch to the sun-soaked valleys of the Cape Winelands. Tickets, priced at R125 per person per day, will include…

    Elevate your dinner table with this delectable combination of succulent pork chops and creamy butternut mash, infused with aromatic sage. The pork chops are perfectly seared to a golden brown, locking in their natural juices and flavour. Paired with a velvety butternut squash mash, this recipe is a winner for dinner! ALSO SEE: Lamb chops with minty coleslaw https://www.foodandhome.co.za/recipes/lamb-chops-with-minty-coleslaw Recipe and styling by Anna Montali Photograph by Graeme Borchers