There is a well-known Chinese proverb that reads, “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago.” It came to mind as I walked through the endless gardens of the Londolozi village. Here, in the heart of a wildlife reserve, with rhino and leopard and […]
Category: Gastronomy
10 Questions with Camp Jabulani’s Executive Chef, Dylan Frost
In the heart of the private Kapama reserve in South Africa, Camp Jabulani is not only an homage to the elephant, but also a refuge for the traveller, a place where people in search of something authentic, something wholesome and restorative come to rest and […]
Under the Influence of Gardens at The Cellars-Hohenort
Spend enough time in a garden with a friend and you will witness something rather peculiar take place. A sort of transformation… Because it’s not possible to enter the space of enchanted forests and blossoming rose orchards and not feel a change take place inside […]
Seybrew Beer-Battered Fish & Chips – A Recipe from the Seychelles
“Recipes are by nature derivative and meant to be shared – that is how they improve, are changed, how new ideas are formed. To stop a recipe in its tracks, to label it secret just seems mean.” ― Molly Wizenberg In the name of sharing, of […]
Rooibos – The Wonder Plant
“Come, let us have some tea and continue to talk about happy things.” – Chaim Potok There is a right time for tea and a wrong time, I have been told. When having drinks at a bar or while dining out, the taking of tea is not socially […]