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Why we support Soil for Life

Have you heard of Eat for the Earth? We sure hope so. All funds raised by our Eat for the Earth initiative go directly to Soil for Life. Here’s the story of Yuppiechef’s friendship with this awesome charity and a...

Our breakfast with a touch of crimson

It looks like time and its fast pace almost got the better of us this month. So much so that April’s staff breakfast nearly slipped through our keyboards. This one saw us clad in crimson amid a mini trip to...

How to taste olive oil

The kind people from Rio Largo popped in last week and opened our eyes to the wonderful world of all things olive. We also talked terminology and teetered our way through a taste test. So, what are the bare essentials when...

How to make cinnamon buns

Whether you call it a bun, a roll, a swirl or a snail, we can thank the Swiss for these spice scented bundles. To celebrate the arrival of the AB Cinnamon Syrup, we whipped up cinnamon buns aplenty. Here’s how. Ingredients: For...

A classic cottage pie recipe

What do you get when you combine a good dose of meaty leftovers with widely accessible starch and rolling green hills? A humble pie, folks. Originating in the English countryside, this classic dish became known as ‘cottage pie’ in reference...

A peek into Ma Mère Maison

In a recent, much debated red velvet cupcake adventure at Ma Mère Maison, we caught up with Lexi Bechet and her partner in confectionery crime, Diana Spicer, about their whirlwind climb to candy coated acclaim and why bacon nougat is the next...

Where are the best chilli poppers in Cape Town?

Ever since our Myth or Magic shoot in which we searched for the best food to cure the burn from spicy food, we’ve all been craving a really decent chilli popper. And since you can never get too much of a...

Our Eat for the Earth launch

Every now and then we like to shout from the roof tops about initiatives that make our foodie hearts beat with glee. Eat for the Earth is one of those culinary crusades that deserves some more hooha and so, along...

A classic macaroni cheese

In the hungry quest to constantly evolve and improve our culinary dishes we mustn’t forget the simple gems that first had us hankering for the kitchen. Here’s a simple and slightly embellished recipe for macaroni cheese, served in the new sunny...

Cookie recipe round-up

Inside every healthy person is a cookie monster waiting to be fed. Whether you like them chewy or crunchy, it’s wise to keep a tasty stash, incase of comfort food cravings or the spontaneous guest. Yes indeed, a cookie recipe round-up...

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