Epicurist. n a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink). Lemony Snicket (the American writer also known, much less excitingly, as Daniel Handler) once said that, “how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.” While […]
Category: Gastronomy
Mr Vrey in the Cellar with the Corkscrew
Morné Vrey is the man behind the wines at Delaire Graff Estate in the Cape Winelands of South Africa. He has been for the last eight years, each year creating new wines that are quick to become favourites of wine enthusiasts around not only South Africa, but the […]
The 5 Stages of Dining – A Food Safari at Morukuru Family
People often talk about the last meal they’ll have “before the plane goes down”, so to speak… if we could control fate, if we knew when said moment would strike, what would we choose as our last meal? Maybe you’ve never thought about it. Perhaps the people […]
10 Questions with Bushmans Kloof’s Chef – Ryan Weakley
Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve & Wellness Retreat has a new chef – as of January this year. Perhaps the best way to attempt to describe Chef Ryan Weakley is through the words of Rudyard Kipling, in “The Jungle Book”. “It is the hardest thing in the world to frighten a mongoose, […]
Every great dream begins with a dreamer – We Are Africa 2016
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer,” the pillar of the Great Plains Conservation stand at this year’s We Are Africa event reads. Dereck and Beverly Joubert, founders of the organisation, stand close by, dreamers themselves, but also vital agents of change. We Are Africa attracts both […]