• The 10 new rules of fish

    If you're going to feast on fish this summer, remember the ocean isn't a bottomless larder. Follow our simple rules (and delicious recipes) for choosing and preparing fish and you may find the right way is even more delicious

  • A few of SA’s favourite national flavours

    South African cuisine is a melting-pot of flavours (see what we did there?). While we savour these dishes all year round, Heritage Day is a good excuse as any to celebrate these smokey, spicy, classic and sweet favourites.

  • 6 salty staples for Asian cooking

    When cooking Asian, step away from that box of Maldon. Intensely salty ingredients such as fish sauce, miso, shrimp paste and soya sauce are used as seasoning and to add depth of flavour.

  • Staff picks: Abi’s best recipes

    Staff picks: Abi’s best recipes

    To honour ten years of food editor Abigail Donnelly’s genius contribution to TASTE, the team waxes lyrical about some of their favourite recipes. From a simply delicious Bolognese with gnocchi to a glorious five-layer stout-and-chocolate …

  • 5 recipes starring red wine

    The nip in the air on wintry nights calls for more than just sipping on a glass of red. Hannah Lewry reckons adding your favourite wine to your cooking lends robust colour and flavour that’ll warm your heart and tum

  • Cicheti: Venetian savoury snacks and sides

    Cicheti: Venetian savoury snacks and sides

    Abigail Donnelly loves eating small bites and morsels of food. It gives you a chance to experience lots of different flavours, she says. The Spanish call this style of eating tapas, and the Italians have their own version called cicheti.

  • Carb-clever ‘carbonara’

    Carb-clever ‘carbonara’

    Watching your carb intake but still want to indulge in good old Italian favourites? Abigail Donnelly shares a few clever tricks to help you knock some carbs out of your diet without feeling deprived