As a magician waving a wand, Estelle distils this into an array of dishes that feed both body and soul in the most delightful and tempting manner. From humble but comforting soups, through nourishing bowls and elegant meals to impress, to bountiful platters, you won’t be able to resist.
Meatballs
with a Rustic Napolitana Sauce
Building on the demand for carb-conscious, sugar-free and grain-free meals, Inè’s recipes put the emphasis on nutritionally upgraded, healthy eating. Her dishes don’t require speciality ingredients or expensive food substitutes. Living in a small Boland town, Inè has learnt to be creative with what she has to hand: good quality meat and dairy, and the freshest vegetables and herbs.
This Christmas, dazzle your guests with a festive feast featuring tantalising starters like West Coast Bacon Mussel Pot and Salmon Ceviche. Move on to mouth-watering mains such as Lobster with risotto and Rump Steak with Mushroom Sauce. Then at last, cap off the celebration with divine desserts like Easy Fig Tart and Tropical Eton Mess. Elevate your holiday cooking with recipes from renowned cookbook authors, including Jamie Oliver, Yotam Ottolenghi, and more.
It's the most wonderful time of the year! Drum up some excitement with these great reads about the magic of Christmas, perfect for kids, right from babies to nine-year-olds.
0 – 3 years old
Little Board Books: The Twelve Days of Christmas
Rachel Joyce is the author of the international bestsellers The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy. Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North completes this trilogy. She is also the author of bestsellers Perfect, The Music Shop, Miss Benson's Beetle and a collection of interlinked short stories, A Snow Garden & Other Stories.
In The Light We Carry, Michelle Obama’s inspiring follow-up to Becoming, the former First Lady shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today's highly uncertain world. Here, Mrs. Obama chats about the book, particularly her approach to overcoming fear, sharing our light and what knitting does for her.
Well-known bookworms share which books they’re dying to read these holidays, and which ones they’d love to give the book lovers in their own lives.
Paige Nick
Prepare for a party night that courses from Soweto to the Joburg CBD as Tshidiso Moletsane’s explosive novel serves shots of sex, drugs and anxiety while tearing into life, death, race and politics.
In her most magnificent novel yet, award-winning author Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu showcases the history of a country transitioning from a colonial to a postcolonial state with a deft touch and a compassionate eye for poignant detail. Linked to The Theory of Flight and The History of Man, Ndlovu’s novel nevertheless stands alone in its evocation of life in the City of Kings and surrounding villages.
Ninety-one-year-old Gretel Fernsby has lived in the same mansion block in London for decades. She leads a comfortable, quiet life, despite her dark and disturbing past. She doesn't talk about her escape from Germany over seventy years before. She doesn't talk about the post-war years in France with her mother. Most of all, she doesn't talk about her father, the commandant of one of the most notorious Nazi concentration camps.