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The Beaufort West Trail

It’s a town of hidden gems: Beaufort West.

The Primi Wharf Trail

The experience of eating at Primi does not begin with Primi Wharf at the Waterfront. It goes back much, much further, to the time a great genius decided it was time to make a move. He is Nino and the Nino legend lives on.

My kitchen table: Early winter brings great joys and memories of childhood

Early winter brings great joys and memories of childhood. Like memories of pomegranates, of which well-known South African poet Ingrid Jonker wrote, “laughter is like a split-open pomegranate.” Laughter was ours as we threw the ripe-red ...

My kitchen table: With the arrival of autumn ...

I just love this early autumn weather - the extreme heat of the Cape summer is a thing of the past, leaving us with champagne days; April breezes kick up flurries of early dried leaves on the pavements; and there is dew on the lawn early in the ...

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue

Thought I’d use the old saying for what a bride should wear as the basis for my story to you this time.

My kitchen table: Old food, colourful food, great food

With all the fashion for Asian food, fusion food and con-fusion food, there is something comforting about old food, colourful food and great food. I have been fortunate to have been exposed twice recently to one of the greatest of the old food ...