A few of our favourite Japanese dishes Our love for sushi and ramen is eternal, but you’ll be missing some seriously delicious, super-easy Japanese crowd-pleasers if you don’t try Abigail Donnelly’s crisp katsu chicken with golden sesame mayo, juicy chargrilled beef yakito…
4 ways to present store-bought pickled fish like you made it yourself Pickled fish is a Cape favourite that fills kitchens with the aroma of curried onions and bay leaves on Good Friday. But if you want to skip the process (and the 2–3 days of fridge time) enjoy Woolworths’ ready-made version. If you real…
Spiralised veggies are the perfect carb-clever substitute for pasta Spiralised vegetables are a great way of incorporating more crunch and colour into your diet, plus they’re the perfect carb-clever substitute for wholewheat spaghetti.
Pantry essentials for Asian flavour With an arsenal of Asian store-cupboard ingredients, you can go from parathas on Monday and pad Thai on Wednesday to pho on Friday and Korean shortribs on Sunday. Who needs takeaways, right?
What to eat, do and buy now: Indonesia Seems last year’s main squeeze, sriracha, has a bit of spicy competition in hip chef circles, in the form of sambal oelek. The Indonesian chilli paste can do anything its Thai counterpart can, and then some...
3 foolproof ways with pickled fish What would the Easter weekend be without this quintessential Cape Malay dish? Pick up a batch and take it to the next level with a few choice ingredients
Going for broke: top end-of-month budget meals We’re way over the halfway mark for the month, yet it feels like payday is an eternity away. TASTE’s team members share some of the culinary stalwarts they rely on when money’s too tight to mention.
5 chicken dishes from Woolies to beat loadshedding As we’re slowly becoming accustomed to unsolicited candlelit dinners thanks to loadshedding, we should, in the least, have a delicious hot meal when the light flickers and fades. So when your area is next scheduled for loadshedding and yo…
Cookbooks on our radar this month This month we explore modern English cuisine, authentic Thai recipes, a traditional Japanese approach to food and cooking outdoors.