Ayurvedic health care adviser and author of Conscious Cuisine, Damyanti Gajjar, focuses on the importance of energy or prana (life force) when it comes to cooking. Using herbs…

Jenny Handley writes about the launch of Babel, a fabulous new cookbook launched in time for Christmas The launch of the book Babel, by Maranda Engelbrecht, was as…

(Bookstorm and Pan Macmillan, R250)“You need to be able to make the perfect braai, without fuss or fanfare. It’s just one of those things that separate the men…

Jamie Oliver, Justin Bonello, Michele Cranston and more…By Ingrid Casson and Belinda dos SantosMARIE CLAIRE FRESH + EASY (Murdoch Books,R240) Michele Cranston’s new book will have you salivating…

Gordon Ramsay, Rachel Allen, Adam Liaw and more…THE HEART OF THE HOME (Random House Struik, R403) In her second cookbook Australia’s first MasterChef Julie Goodwin shares 100 of…

Pete Evans, Marc Vetri, Tamasin Day-Lewis and more…By Andrea Pafitis-HillFOOD YOU CAN’T SAY NO TO (Quadrille Publishing, R398) Aptly titled, Tamasin Day-Lewis’s latest release focuses on making the…

Sally Bee, Jennifer Irvine, Serge Dansereau and more…By Andrea Pafitis-HillFRENCH BISTRO (Flammarion, R435) In featuring 12 of the best bistros in Paris, Bertrand Auboyneau, owner of the Paul…