Light the braai. Invite the friends. Let’s eat.
Jan Braai Atmosfire has just hit the bookshelves, and it’s a scorcher. A massive, juicy, 400-plus pages of all the braai recipes you’d expect … and a whole load you’d never imagined. More than 200 tasty dishes that can be cooked over, and enjoyed next to, a wood fire. Jan’s added hints, techniques and anecdotes, the images are delicious, and this may well be the only braai book you’ll ever need. From trad faves like boerewors rolls with monkey gland sauce and cheese braaibroodjies to the more unexpected Peking duck and braai Bolognese and spanakopita. For those with a sweet tooth, buy this book for the puds … brandy and cola malva pudding, chocolate fondant potjie pud, banana bread potjie … sweet, sweet endings to your family braai. Also in Afrikaans as Jan Braai Atmosvuur. R590, PenguinBake the bread.
Honestly. Who doesn’t love Donna Hay! And Too Easy is one of her best cookbooks yet … crammed with all the simple shortcuts you need, for all the delicious food you want. She says she wants to make cooking easy, simple, quick and fun, and this book certainly does all that and more. Ten minute snacks. Tossed together dinners. One pot pastas. Brilliant. Harper Collins
Paul Hollywood (swoon already) loves a good loaf. And he’s put together a mouth-watering collection of 100 Great Breads … from basics like milk loaf, beer bread, pitta bread, to loaves with stilton and bacon, dates, prunes and pecans, chocolate and sour cherry. But also scones, brown bread ice-cream, cheese biscuits. Great no-nonsense tips, too. Hamlyn
Food choices matter. And we should all be asking ‘was it locally produced, did the crop grow without chemical interventions, did the animal have a good life?’. Questions asked by Scott Gooding and Matilda Brown, regenerative farmers and owners of The Good Farm Shop, who’ve compiled this collection of everyday family recipes for a nourishing, hopeful life. Meals built around protein – meat and plant-based, and free from gluten and processed ingredients. The Good Farm Cookbook is all chunky heirloom tomato salad with crispy bacon and anchovies, steak and chips with black olive butter, salted caramel and honey no-churn ice cream. It’s food that is good for you. And for the planet. Murdoch Books
