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I was recently delighted to discover that the Caviar deli at the Waterfront sells duck fat – and at R10 for 250ml of the real stuff (self-packaged, presumably recycled from all their own duck business, as it should be)!. I’ve also been on a bunny hunt ever since I saw this recipe for grilled rabbit [...]

I often come across recipes by Yotam Ottolenghi via my Guardian food & drink Google feed (isn’t it incredible that that phrase makes sense?), though his column there is called “The new vegetarian“, so I rarely pay it much attention. But last weekend I had the good fortune to be stuck in a country house [...]

The other day I remembered with fear and trepidation that Christmas is, like, just now! And I haven’t been feeding a pudding with brandy for months yet. I hadn’t even baked it. But I’ve been keen on trying a cake this year instead of pudding since I really like to eat the stuff sliced, with [...]

Or two, if you are a lucky one. Eat them however you like. But do not throw out the shells. These need to be roasted and then boiled with a bunch of other goodies to make an unbelievable stock. Since you’ll have no idea how to do it justice so soon after the making, stash [...]

I really must do something about my food photography. The other day I decided it was time for yet another violation of my (increasingly silly, as I’m coming to see it) aversion to mixing meat and bread. It was time for hotdogs. Of course for the novice this poses all sorts of difficult decisions when [...]