Thursday, the 9th of May
Steenberg brings Pop-Up Restaurants to the Valley
On Invitation’ is our latest epicurean gift to you – a series of six different pop-up events to offer adventurous food lovers a quality dining experience that will tempt and test your palate with ‘mystery menus’ cooked up by some of Cape Town’s top chefs. [read more]
Bwog, asks graduating seniors, “Would you rather give up oral sex or cheese?”
Overall, 42 percent of seniors would give up oral sex before cheese, and just 30 percent would foresake cheese before oral sex. Another 28 percent avoided the question or didn’t give a direct answer. [read more]
Caffeine In Food: FDA To Investigate Safety, Marketing To Children
For people seeking an energy boost, companies are increasing their offerings of foods with added caffeine. A new caffeinated gum may have gone too far. [read more]
How to Eat an Apple like a Boss [Video]
How do you eat your apples? We’d say most people eat apples begin at the side and working there way to the closer to the core with each crunchy bite. [read more]
Wednesday, the 8th of May
Investing in wine – is it worth the risk?
The City of Cape Town’s new liquor legislation that came into effect on 1 April, regulates that no-one may keep more than 150 litres of wine in their home without a liquor licence. That is a mere 200 bottles. [read more]
USA: Set Fair Prices for Wine by the Glass!
Why do restaurants consistently charge $10 (or more) a glass for a bottle that costs $6 (or less) wholesale? I understand the concept of getting your cost back on the first pour, but c’mon, this is getting silly. [read more]
Watermelon Stroller Takes Transporting Fruit To New, Completely Insane Levels
Do you have $200 and an unstoppable need to carry a whole, chilled watermelon wherever you go? [read more]
26 Things about Ham that you need to know!
Ham is one of the most extravagant foods in the world, from religious matters to the many drying and curing methods, it is popular from China to Spain. [read more]
Tuesday, the 7th of May
The Most Insane Bloody Mary We’ve Ever Seen
Gadzooks! We’ve seen crazy Bloody Marys before — more than a few, actually — but it seems that every time we discover another, we swear that it’s definitely the craziest one we’ve ever seen. [read more]
Breakfast Ideas for Mothers Day
Cooking breakfast on Mother’s Day doesn’t have to be hectic. With these easy recipes you’ll be able to show your appreciation for mom by cooking a special breakfast just for her. [read more]
10 Food Rules Worth Breaking
Most of us know the rules when it comes to cooking: wash your hands after handling raw chicken, don’t wash a cast iron skillet with soap, etc. Yet, over my many years of cooking (both with chefs and by myself), I’ve learned that certain rules are time-wasters that do very little for you or your food. [read more]
The SA coffee revolution via @Food24
From instant coffee to moer-koffie to chicory, South Africa has a lot of bad coffee habits. Maybe they’re not bad habits, but rather part of our culture and history? Either way, South Africa has been going through a rather rapid transition towards specialty coffee in the past eight years or so. [read more]
Monday, the 6th of May
More drama in the energy drink world
Monster Beverage is suing San Francisco’s city attorney over demands that the company reduce the amount of caffeine in its energy drinks and stop marketing to minors. [read more]
Win an Italian Cooking Evening with R1150 with @Eat_Out
St Elmo’s together with Food Network Chef and Host Jenny Morris® – AKA The Giggling Gourmet – are offering 20 readers the opportunity to win an Italian Cooking Evening on the 30th May 2013. [read more]
A Week In The Life of Cocktail Consultants
Paul Tanguay and Tad Carducci are beverage consultants and partners in Mercadito Hospitality group. In this role, they create and manage the beverage programs at the group’s concepts throughout the country, including Tavernita, Little Market Brasserie and Mercadito in Chicago as well as Mercadito in Miami and New York. [read more]
Stressed Out? Relax with these Foods.
Are you feeling a bit burnt out? Is the stress of the job or daily life getting to you? We’ve got the perfect solution for you and, yes, it includes eating. [read more]
