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7 Fresh Produce Subscription Boxes to Help You Support Small and Local

In South Africa, the movement to support local, small-scale growers and farmers is on the rise as citizen-consumers have become more aware of the effects of large-scale commercial farming on their health and the environment. Supporting local food systems is...

May 3, 2022

Activist and artist Zayaan Khan reclaims buried wisdom

Food

Activist and artist Zayaan Khan reclaims buried wisdom

The world is scrambling to find solutions to its problems. There is a sense of desperate urgency in our polluted air. How are we going to feed the burgeoning population? Reduce carbon omissions? Ensure everyone has access to clean water?...

October 4, 2020

How to shop safely and sustainably for groceries during lockdown

Food

How to shop safely and sustainably for groceries during lockdown

Twyg chatted to three local grocers and the Head of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Cape Town to clear a few COVID-19 and grocery questions up for us.

May 11, 2020

Food

Tried and Tested: 4 Fresh Food Deliveries

These tried and tested local Cape Town food brands are perfect to kickstart your lockdown level 4. With the press of a button, you can have fresh tasty treats at your doorstep in no time. Cool Bananas – The Vegologist...

May 3, 2020

Seven South African Women to Follow this Women’s Day

Opinion

Seven South African Women to Follow this Women’s Day

Women’s Day in South Africa marks the anniversary of the 1956 women’s march on the Union Buildings protesting the extension of pass laws. It is a day to celebrate them and all of the women who fought and died in...

August 8, 2019

Make it Better: Will veganism save the world?

Food

Make it Better: Will veganism save the world?

We need an overhaul of how we eat and how we farm. Industrial animal agriculture is inhumane and morally reprehensible. It also contributes to global warming and is a leading cause of deforestation, water shortages and mass species extinction. In...

April 13, 2019

Opinion

Talking Rubbish: How to have a sustainable festive season

How can we participate in this magical, and much-needed holiday period without falling prey to the excess? For a while now, I have been aware of the consumerist trap that Christmas has become. For many middle class and affluent families, ...

December 22, 2018

Food

Nude Foods, a Cape Town zero waste store turns one

Nude Foods, the zero waste store in Cape Town’s CBD, turned one last week. We’re delighted to have the store in town! Since it first opened its doors at 5 Constitution Street it has grown a loyal customer base, and...

December 10, 2018

Food

Peter Templehoff infuses exotic flavours into old favourites

What: Lunch tasting menu Where: Greenhouse at the Cellars-Honenhort Hotel in Constantia (021 481-1948) How much: R1200 for a seven-course meal including wine (R850 excluding wines) Service: Excellent: unobtrusive and professional. Would I return? Without a doubt. A review on TripAdvisor refers...

November 23, 2018

Food

Top Cape chefs consider sustainability integral to their businesses

Peter Templehoff’s spring lunch menu doesn’t feature cockroach or flies. Yet. For now, the menu is everything you’d expect from one of the country’s top restaurants. Peter’s Greenhouse offering is complex, reflecting his extensive global experience while very expressive of...

November 6, 2018

Food

Review: The Modern Cook’s Year by Anna Jones

Food is undergoing intense scrutiny. One reason is we are becoming increasingly concerned about our health and what we put into our bodies. Besides the nasty toxins we’ve become aware of, there are increasing rates of heart disease, cancer and...

September 17, 2018

Food

If you want to eat clean and green, is the future halaal?

When Muslims from India and Pakistan began arriving in the United Kingdom in large numbers in the 1960s, they imported two anxieties common to immigrants: what to eat, and where to pray. The new foreigners, usually men, sought places of...

July 23, 2018

Food

Our zero waste heroes show us how to lighten up

You would have heard of the zero waste movement by now. The “priestess of waste-free living” Bea Johnson, a French woman in America, toured South Africa a year ago to promote the global movement, and her book, Zero Waste Home....

June 14, 2018

Food

Chitter-chatter about conscious food

Stop eating prawns. Now. A dish of grilled prawns with garlic butter is one of life’s luxuries. But it comes at a price. Not only will the dish of prawns cost you a few hundred rands, it comes at an...

May 23, 2018

Places

Hotel review: Spier walks the talk

The Spier Hotel has everything and more you’d expect from a four-star hotel: 153 rooms, conference centres, restaurants, an artists’ studio and expansive gardens… The décor is stylish while not intimidating, and contemporary South African art is displayed throughout the...

May 21, 2018

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7 Fresh Produce Subscription Boxes to Help You Support Small and Local

Activist and artist Zayaan Khan reclaims buried wisdom

How to shop safely and sustainably for groceries during lockdown

Tried and Tested: 4 Fresh Food Deliveries

Seven South African Women to Follow this Women’s Day

Make it Better: Will veganism save the world?

Talking Rubbish: How to have a sustainable festive season

Nude Foods, a Cape Town zero waste store turns one

Peter Templehoff infuses exotic flavours into old favourites

Top Cape chefs consider sustainability integral to their businesses

Review: The Modern Cook’s Year by Anna Jones

If you want to eat clean and green, is the future halaal?

Our zero waste heroes show us how to lighten up

Chitter-chatter about conscious food

Hotel review: Spier walks the talk

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