GOURMET FOOD

Recipe: The perfect Portuguese baked eggs suitable for brunch or dinner

Baked eggs are great for brunch, and this recipe is no exception. But with a green salad, it’s also hearty and satisfying enough to double as dinner

Recipe: The Best Braised Short Ribs with Onions and Curry Leaves

Two ingredients make these braised short ribs stand out: fresh coconut and curry leaves

A must try restaurant of the week: Banchan

Family-owned Korean eatery Banchan offers a feeling of warm familiarity like old friends welcoming you to share a meal in their home

Recipe: A Easy to prepare Sheet Pan Gnocchi for supper

Though the package of shelf-stable gnocchi might tell you to boil them, the secret – which I learned from my friend and recipe developer Ali Slagle – is that these types of gnocchi are at their best when roasted or pan-fried

Restaurant of the week: Ethos

Ethos draws those seeking a love affair for their taste buds into one of Johannesburg's most romantic settings

Recipe: Green Curry Lentil Soup

This soup packs in all the ingredients that would make your doctor happy (Lentils! Sweet potatoes! Leafy greens!) but is bolstered by fiery Thai green curry paste to keep things interesting

Recipe: Best Chocolate Lava Cake

If dark chocolate running in rivulets down whipped cream mountains is the backdrop in all of your greatest fantasies

Recipe: Strip Steak with Umami Butter Sauce

I don’t think a great steak needs much other than salt and pepper, but this creamy fusion of butter and Sriracha sauce certainly doesn’t hurt

Restaurant of the week: PIER

PIER, the latest venture by award-winning restaurant group La Colombe, offers a multi-sensory fine-dining experience artfully inspired by its seaside surroundings.

Recipe: Weeknight Ragù

Many ragus require hours of simmering. Not this one.

Recipe: Sweet potato gnocchi with creamy mushrooms

Big on flavour, low on fuss (and it looks impressive on the plate) – Sam Linsell’s easy midweek, meat-free gnocchi ai funghi really dials up the comfort factor

Sam Linsell’s Cheesy baked gnocchi with creamy tomato & spinach

A quick and easy midweek vegetarian meal. There is very little hands-on cooking as these bakes in the oven until bubbling and golden

Recipes: West Coast Cooking with Georgia East

Inspired by a landscape both desolate and dynamic, cookbook author Georgia East creates a unique and truly South African menu

Recipe: David Higgs’ Emerald Risotto with goat’s cheese, truffle zest & mushrooms

A good risotto is hard to beat – add flavours of goat’s cheese and truffle and you have yourself a winner dinner

Here are the perfect wines to drink this spring and what to serve with them

The warm weather has finally arrived and that means it’s time for seasonal food and drinks favourites.

How to make fish pie

Fish baked in a creamy leek sauce with a crunchy topping

RECIPE: Malva pudding was Nelson Mandela's favourite dessert

One of Madiba’s favourite desserts was Malva pudding

Chicken and Mushroom Sauced Noodles With Thai Basil

Chewy noodles, umami-packed mushrooms, and garlicky chicken, all coated in a spicy, sweet, and savoury sauce