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Outlandish Kitchen – a crackling good idea

Food stylist, chef and now the pied piper of picnics, Jules Mercer, is one of those mercurial characters who pops up in foodie mags and events all over the place. Her latest venture, Outlandish Kitchen, is heading to a pig farm...

5 favourite international food blogs

The vast and wonderful world of food blogging is kept alive by thousands of committed, independent writers and culinary whiz-kids. They cook and capture their experiences, keying their mistakes and successes and allowing us to travel with them on their...

Bride diaries: Ali and Steve

This month we continue our Bride Diaries series in collaboration with the Pretty Blog where we ask not-so-newly weds about their favourite wedding gifts. This time we take a stroll down wedding memory lane with our very own Ali, Yuppiechef’s...

SA Food Heroes: South China Dim Sum

Bringing the light fare of Cantonese snack food to the Mother City, the two-man team of South China Dim Sum are serving up inspired dim sum. Keen to find out more about dim sum and this cracking culinary team? Read...

Scrumptious: an interview with Jane-Anne Hobbs

Jane-Anne Hobbs is one of the leading ladies in our SA food blogging scene and her new book, Scrumptious, is a winner. Determined for her recipes to be fool-proof and for her food to be cooked with love, sincerity and...

Chocolate cheesecake & a chance to win a copy of Scrumptious

One of SA’s food blogging leading ladies, Jane-Anne Hobbs, has just launched her first book, Scrumptious. An inspiration to many who long to spend their days writing, cooking, styling and photographing food, it’s packed with over 90 triple-tested recipes. Read...

SA Food & Wine Blogger Indaba 2012

For anyone interested in writing about food, styling it, photographing it and eating it, this year’s SA Food & Wine Blogger Indaba provided inspiration by the bucket load. For the third year running, the Indaba was organised by Colleen Grove (aka @CollyWolly)...

Bride diaries: Frozen cherry yoghurt

Here at Yuppiechef, we’re big fans of gifts that inspire kitchen adventures so we thought it would be fun to take a stroll down wedding memory lane and ask some not-so-newly weds about their favourite wedding gifts. Welcome to our...

5 tips to get your veggie garden started

Whether you are considering starting your own veggie patch as a means to sidestep harmful chemicals or overpriced store-bought veg, or as a chance to engage with the earth and get some dirt under those fingernails, starting your own vegetable...

Minichefs: The ultimate chocolate experience at Rococoa

Everyone who’s seen Charlie and the Chocolate Factory dreams of finding a golden ticket and heading to Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory (ok, there are scary bits like when Veruca Salt meets her gruesome end but still wouldn’t you quite like...

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