The Cape yellowtail is a common, but seasonal, game fish of great esteem. It is mainly an inhabitant of Atlantic waters, but each winter it follows the pilchard…
The highly-prized, spring flowering waterblommetjie is common in the shallow dams and vleis of the southern region of the Cape. In recent years the demand for…
Vetkoek (Fat Cake - refers to the method of frying in oil.) or Amagwinya (Zulu Name) is a delightful, typically South African snack - a traditional pastry both…
The suurvy (sour fig) or Hottentots fig (goenavy) is the edible fruit of several species of Carpobrotus, thick-leaved members of the mesembryanthemum family…
Most suring (Oxalis species), also spelt suuring, are indigenous to the West Coast of South Africa. Usually the first flower to announce spring. Easily grown…
Spek is pork fat usually cut in slabs from the belly of a baconer. It can also refer to fat from cured or smoked pork. In South Africa it is used in the making…
The orange-pink flesh of the spanspek (spun-speck, called cantaloupe or rock melons elsewhere) is sweetly scented and encased in a rough skin encrusted with…
Soutribbetjie - the salted and wind-dried breast of mutton or lamb which is generally parboiled and grilled over coals. Salting was an important method of…
Sosaties are one of the best examples of the Malay influence in South African cooking. Because of the Muslim proscription against pig products, sosaties…
