Fairfoodie
The Fairfoodies answer your daily foodie needs: what's for dinner? Where can I get a decent cup of coffee? What wine should I take to bookclub? What new trendy spot can I brunch at this weekend? With an online archive of recipes, we've got your menus covered from flash affairs to Sunday night suppers. We're based in Cape Town but would love your input on yummy new haunts around the country.
It's too early for a Kitchen Nightmare...
14 May 2010
Gordon Ramsay is in town for The Good Food and Wine Show. This morning I attended his press conference. He arrived (45 minutes late, but who's counting) in a Bafana Bafana t-shirt and held court with the press of Cape Town's foodies. I had also overslept, but managed to make it on time. I guess
Finding Forage
14 May 2010
I stumbled on this local gem while surfing hungrily the other evening, so I thought I'd share it with you. 'The Forager', as the author shall be called, writes about food from the perspective of a hunter-gatherer in the urban jungle. She's more of a gatherer really, as her vegetarian partner
Manna from Heaven
10 May 2010
When the heavens opened in Cape Town yesterday I scurried for cover and a bowl of steaming leek and potato soup at Manna Epicure in the city bowl. While the world - and my toes - felt thoroughly damp, Manna was bustling with activity and the bread ovens generated warmth and delicious
The Truth Hurts, But It Tastes So Good…
6 May 2010
Cape Town's coffee snobs are telling the truth at David Donde's (one of the architects of Origin Roastery) new spot in Green Point. It's one of the best flat whites I've ever had and, as the menu reads, 'In return for the free WI-FI, won't you please tweet, FB or comment on our blog'; so I'm
Fairfoodie goes Blonde
5 May 2010
As a student I waited tables at Beluga restaurant, polishing glasses, dropping the odd plate and salivating over seafood while subsisting on their notorious sushi special. Long shifts ended at the bar, shooting the breeze with Oscar Kotze, restaurateur and raconteur extraordinaire, the booze
