Woolworths TASTE

Woolworths TASTE is a multi-award-winning magazine, with an annual frequency of 11 issues, which is produced by New Media Publishing as a flagship brand for South African retailer, Woolworths. Innovative in design and content, it presents more than 50 delicious recipes in each issue in an exquisitely photographed yet accessible way, showcasing the variety of top-quality food products offered by Woolworths alongside the abundant creativity within the South African food industry. Woolworths TASTE consistently offers credible, easy-to-use dining-in solutions and creative entertaining ideas, and also shares new developments in the culinary world, keeping readers informed about food trends and personalities. For more visit taste.co.za

THE BETTER BUTTER • Kerrygold Irish butter is made from the milk of grass-fed cows and is loved the world over for its deliciously creamy texture and full-flavoured taste

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HEAD TO TASTE.CO.ZA  IN SEPTEMBER TO GET THESE EXCLUSIVE RECIPES

Dinner PLANS • Who says you can’t braai on a weeknight? Spring is here, the days are longer and with Abigail Donnelly’s easy dinners – from lime-and-chilli lamb ribs to chimichurri fish – you’ll be firing things up from Monday to Thursday just because you can

Table Talk • EAT THIS, DRINK THAT, BUY THESE. RIGHT NOW.

On our radar • Whether you’re cooking at home or heading out to explore, here’s what’s hot in the food world right now

Snoek pâté reloaded • There’s no shortage of inventive, delicious, locally flavoured dishes on the menu of Cape Town restaurant Belly of the Beast. But if there’s one dish that people can’t stop talking about, it’s the smoked snoek dip with light-as-air sweet potato crisps. Here’s why

Dr Tracy Nelwamondo • Working as a doctor is just one of the ways this inspiring woman aims to improve people’s health. She also runs two businesses – Modern Traditions, supplying indigenous ingredients, and Malie’s Ice Cream, a plant-based brand – both of which she considers extensions of her day job

Maize rice • Also known as mielie rice, maize rice is finely cut maize with the bran and germ partially removed. It’s finer than samp and coarser than maize meal, making it a wonderfully textured accompaniment to stews, salads and braais

Friendly fire • The smell of braai smoke need no longer strike fear into the hearts of vegans everywhere. There’s a whole range of new plant-based options that even meat-eaters will love

The Peppermint Crisp Don Pedro • What do you get when you combine two of South Africa’s sweetest inventions? A whole lot of minty-creamy-caramel magic with a shot of the good stuff, that’s what!

Match points • We all love a beer with a braai, but if you are pouring to impress borrow some of sommelier Joseph Dhafana’s pro knowledge of lesser-known cultivars and serve these with chicken, lamb neck or snoek

Zest for life • Start your limoncello project now and in a week you’ll have bottled sunshine – a taste of warmer days to come, says Jeanne Calitz

Get a head start • If you can’t get to Hemel-en-Aarde just yet, try these wines from the valley at Woolies

7 ways to find heaven on Earth • Want a crash course on world-class, cool-climate wines? First stop: the Hemel-en-Aarde wine region near Hermanus

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The Taste case • Wikus Human is responsible for recommending wines to pair with the flame-cooked food at David Higgs’s Marble restaurant. We couldn’t think of anyone better to curate this month’s TASTE case to pick your six ultimate braai wines

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