March 2010

A Step Back into the Future

28 March 2010

It occurred to me yesterday, as I was tucking into a particularly delicious Chicken Breyani at the Solms-Delta Oesfees, that I could at that moment have been at Taste of Cape Town. There I would have had the ‘opportunity’ of eating top chefs’ prized creations; food largely influenced by current global trends, styled to within [...]

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Wine & Prejudice

17 March 2010

I find South African sauvignon blanc a most interesting case study, on a number of different levels. When I first entered the wine industry, in 1993, winemakers were obsessive – with a capital O – about making fabulous sauvignon. If one is attempting to do something really well obsessive is good; no complaints about that. [...]

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Vintage 2000, Ten Years Later

11 March 2010

The world has changed a lot since the charismatic André Simon founded the International Wine & Food Society in 1933. Almost everything that we take for granted, as far as gastronomy is concerned, didn’t exist. There weren’t celebrity chefs, households generally existed on the basis of one comprehensive cookbook, and the range of produce available [...]

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My favourite kitchen tool

8 March 2010

Some men have tool sheds; I have a kitchen. Ok, so it isn’t my kitchen only, and it isn’t a “man room” in the sense that I can lock myself away from the world, but it’s a fantastic place to play with food. Often this is done with other members of the family, which is [...]

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Mulligans: the born again golf shots

6 March 2010

Most golfers will jump at any excuse to get out on the course. Charity days, for example, are quite useful – one is supporting a good cause, after all. Topping the hierarchy, though, is the corporate or sponsored day. This one, dear readers, is the crème de la crème of golf invitations. Firstly, they qualify [...]

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