Thursday, the 28th of March
Vondeling Wines opens a stunning new tasting venue
Vondeling Wines opened the doors of the brand new tasting venue this week. The tasting room is the first in the Voor-Paardeberg region. [read more]
Coca Cola introduces Fruitwater
Coca-Cola is taking bottled water and doing what it does best – giving it some bubbles and flavor. [read more]
The Tops Gugulethu Wine Festival
Visitors can delight in tasting a multitude of wine styles and cultivars; interact with lifestyle brands in wine lounges and explore a wide variety of tastes. [read more]
DIY: How to dye Easter Eggs using Silk Ties
Craftmaster Robert Mahar from Kin Community on YouTube will teach you the surprising way you can resuse old silk ties to decorate your Easter eggs – but please, don’t steal any from grandpa’s closet. [read more]
Wednesday, the 27th of March
Salt is killing us!
That’s the message from two new studies released Thursday, examining the amount of global salt intake and the number of deaths associated, at least in part, from eating too much salt. [read more]
Reuben Riffel appointed as ambassador for Fairtrade in South Africa
On Friday 1 March 2013, internationally renowned chef and restaurateur Reuben Riffel was announced as an ambassador for Fairtrade in South Africa. [read more]
8 Things You Can Turn Into Alcohol
Along the way, I tasted some very strange brews. I drank rum infused with gunpowder, coconut sap wine from the Philippines, and sampled China’s Moutai, which Dan Rather described as “tasting like liquid razor blades.” [read more]
Girl Scouts Duped By Fake Order For 6,000 Boxes
Stung by a fake order of 6,000 boxes of the organization’s signature cookies, the troops held an emergency sale Saturday to distribute their $24,000 of inventory, ABC News reported. [read more]
Tuesday, the 26th of March
Madagascar’s hungry eat grasshoppers
This is Borikely’s only meal of the day, revealing the extent of the food crisis that has gripped the Indian Ocean Island since cyclone Haruna hit three weeks ago. [read more]
The sinister reasons we eat junk food
Hear the words “bliss point” and it’s easy to assume the discussion must be about sex. But when Michael Moss uses the phrase it’s somewhat less seductive. [read more]
Restaurant prints Customer’s Food Stories in Plates
The Dishoom restaurant, described as a Bombay cafe in London, is giving customers the chance to add their own food experiences to be added to a range of plates that will be used to serve food in the restaurant. [read more]
Monday, the 25th of March
No alcohol at the V&A & Cape Town Airport?
when you read it properly, it applies to everybody with a liquor licence on the same erf as a petrol station. What it means is that unless people apply for their licence NOT to lapse, then on 1st April 2013, they will have to cease trading in alcohol. [read more]
Spur tops best ad of 2012
Spur brands itself as “South Africa’s favourite eat-out experience” and now it has also scooped the best liked commercial award for 2012, Millward Brown announced on Monday. [read more]
Tea Addiction Results In Woman’s Tooth Loss
Decades of hard tea drinking led to tooth loss and other bone problems for a 47-year-old Michigan woman, reports the New England Journal of Medicine [read more]
YuppieChef gets new Design
YuppieChef is proud to announce that the new design of their website. Happy exploring. [read more]
