• Quick and healthy (-ish) lunch ideas for kids

    Move over WFH… with school from home now in full swing, you need quick and healthy meals to keep kids fuelled to get through their schoolwork. With a bit of prep, you can stock the fridge and freezer with ready-to-grab options. Better yet…

  • Grilled octopus recipe

    Simple, family-style, seaside entertaining

    When you live a stone’s throw from the sea, with two sons and a husband who is partial to foraging, summer lunches are both laidback and epic. Abigail Donnelly shows us how she loves to entertain, family–style, with platters of freshly …

  • Cured beetroot bream

    1. Remove the skin from the fish and cut the flesh into equal-sized cubes. Refrigerate, covered, until needed. 2. To make the ice cream, combine all the ingredients except the soya sauce in a saucepan and cook over a low heat until the m…

  • Easter eating around the world

    Easter eating around the world

    The fragrant aroma of hot cross buns wafting through the air, something fishy on the stove (pickled, obviously), chocolate bunnies lining store sheves, big and small. And perhaps an Easter egg hunt for good measure. This pretty much sums up…

  • Quick kimchi

    Roughly chop the cabbage, discarding the core, and place in a large mixing bowl. Sprinkle over the salt. Toss the cabbage and cover the bowl with clingwrap. Allow the cabbage to stand for at least 3 hours, tossing it every half an hour f…

  • Japanese cooking

    The basics of Japanese cooking

    You don't need to be a sushi master to enjoy authentic Japanese dishes at home. Here are the most popular meals from the land of the rising sun, and what you'll need to make them.

  • oyster steaks with mushroom butter and chips

    Easy, midweek braai recipes

    Who says you can’t braai on a weeknight? Spring is here, the days are longer and with Abigail Donnelly’s easy dinners – from lime-and-chilli lamb ribs to chimichurri fish – you’ll be firing things up from Monday to Thursday just b…