Your long weekends are sorted with TASTE’s special weekend feasts issue
Ramadan, Eid, Pesach, Easter and long lazy weekends, there are plenty of reasons to get together, celecrate and eat. Let us help you plan your menus with this special weekend feasts edition of TASTE. Abigail Donnelly shares her modern Easter lunch menu, Clem Pedro is all about surf ’n turf and Khanya Mzongwana explores the most delicious “breads” around the continent. Plus Cape-based caterer Tracy Klass shares her family’s tried-and-tested Passover dishes, and Social-media sensation Fehmz shares Ramadan
inspo from her debut cookbook, Damn Good Food.
Get your issue now at your local Woolworths, or via zinio.com and magzter.com. However you get your copy of TASTE, here’s what you can look forward to:
YOU COULD WIN
Win a wildly luxurious safari escape for two at Last Word Kitara in the Greater Kruger National Park, worth R82 000. Make this Easter one to remember. One lucky TASTE reader will win a two-night stay for two at Last Word Kitara, an intimate safari camp in the Greater Kruger, set on the banks of the Klaserie River. With just a handful of elegant suites, Kitara feels private, calm and deeply personal, perfect for a reset after a busy season.
OFF THE MENU
Whether you’re cooking at home or heading out to explore, here’s what’s hot in the food world right now:
- On our radar: Long-weekend plans? Allow us to add a few more items to your itinerary, including our latest binge-watch, hot restaurant hit list and a favourite new vehicle for Fantastical eggs.
- Anatomy of a dish: The deceptively simple cold-smoked burrata salad at Embarc in Parkhurst is much more than a sum of its parts – it’s chef-patron Darren O’Donovan’s ever-evolving love letter to seasonal produce
- Everything you need to know about: Herring! Behind every butter-fried kipper, pickle-studded rollmop and satisfying smørrebrød, is a humble little fish that delivers on flavour – and is sustainable to boot
DREAM A LITTLE DREAM
Conjure an Easter table that is a wonderland of curious crockery, storybook blooms and unexpected, whimsical dishes. Serve jelly cocktails, fresh “pickled” tuna and an oversized chicken-and-gammon pie. Then swap the lamb roast for moussaka and let meringue clouds float away…
BACK TO THE FUTURE
There is picnic food and then there is al fresco dining that tastes of bygone entertaining, but looks ultra-modern. From this pistachio-studded gammon en croute to classic vol-au-vents filled with creamy prawns, Abigail Donnelly gives her favourite nostalgic recipes a 2026 update.
LAND AND SEA
It’s an iconic braai combo, firstly. Secondly, like malva and custard, pap and morogo, vetkoek and mince, snoek and apricot
jam … there are some pairings South Africans just do better. And these surf ’n turf classics from Clem Pedro will prove it.
AFRICA RISES
From mandazi with a local twist, to a Durban naan recipe passed down through generations, Khanya Mzongwana celebrates the daily breads that sustain the continent. Fried, baked, torn, shared – these recipes all carry stories of home and heritage.
