by Greg Landman | Sep 3, 2025 | gregs-table
Ever since becoming gluten intolerant about three years ago, I have been looking for things from my chef that make up for the way things are. This definitely one of those, and it will adapt very well to other flours. It was delicious! Apple Cake That Melts in Your...
by Greg Landman | Sep 2, 2025 | OUT AND ABOUT
At 31-years of age, Fungai Rore is living proof that passion, determination and heritage can craft a truly flavourful life. Born and raised in Harare, Zimbabwe, Rore’s love for cooking was sparked early, fuelled not by celebrity chefs or television shows, but by the...
by Greg Landman | Sep 1, 2025 | wine of the week
There used to be romantic stories that Syrah or Shiraz originated in Persia but these were disapproved by 1999 DNA tests that proved it was the product of two grapes in southeastern France, Dureza and Mondeuse Blanche. Do not confuse with Petite Sirah, an 1880 cross...
by Greg Landman | Aug 30, 2025 | OUT AND ABOUT
Brandy has been crafted in South Africa for more than 330 years, with records showing the first distillation of brandewijn – ‘burnt wine’ in Dutch – took place on a ship in modern-day Table Bay in 1672. Over the centuries, it has evolved into a refined, award-winning...
by Greg Landman | Aug 27, 2025 | OUT AND ABOUT
I remember an American friend visiting me in Cape Town some years ago in the first week of September saying she had never been so cold in her whole life. As she had been a visitor to the skiing slopes of Europe, and having visited friends in Alaska, I had to take that...
