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Spice Routes

When you grow up with stories of Dutch East India Spice routes and more than a little Malay kitchen influence, there is no way you can get away with not mixing your own spices. My mother used to get hers from a Durban spice merchant who bought direct from India. Her curries would be rich [...]

a homecoming to remember

When we were children at least one school holiday of the year would involve a road trip. We’d pile into our old battered VW kombi (a Jamie Oliver type van in widespread use all over South Africa) and off we’d go. Not forgetting dogs, boogey boards, pillows, sleeping bags, packets of cards, snorkels, masks [...]