If a pancake and a crepe had a love child, it would be a Dutch baby! Which, with oven roasted tomatoes, is the first recipe in Yotam Ottolenghi’s much-anticipated new book. And from there on, past salmon fishcakes with chermoula remoulade, cheeseball lemon rice with chilli butter, and Bohemian fish pie, to the last Malty figgy pudding recipe, it’s just one extraordinarily sensational comfy dish after another. But what makes it comfort food? As Yotam points out, one kid’s melted cheese-toasted sandwich dream is another kid’s nightmare. Very often, behind a comforting dish often lies a relationship: A unique attachment. From meatloaf to matza ball soup to marble cake … for each of us it’s a feeling we’re remembering about them. Perhaps, he says, it should be called memory food or community food. Whichever … Ottolenghi Comfort is overflowing with dishes that may already be in your comfort food bank, others that will hopefully, once you’ve made them enough times for people you love, become them … dishes and memories and feelings to pass on from generation to generation. R795, Ebury Press.
Daisy Charms earrings, R139 from Superbalist.
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Rx Lash Growth Mascara and Serum. This poly-peptide-infused duo enhances your natural lash growth for lashes damaged by extensions, a medical condition or simply if they’ve always been a little on the sparse side. For noticeable results, use the mascara by day and the serum by night. And … bonus … If you purchase the serum (R1300) this November, you will get the mascara (R750) free. Whatsapp 071 688 0242 to order.
Revitalising. Brightening. Radiant. All the words we want to hear come summer. Gatineau Radiance Enhancing Vitamin C Serum promises all three. And more. Just launched, you’ll find it for R1295 at Absolute Skin, Truworths, Woolies and Orleans Cosmetics.
From the poolside to cocktail hour to dinner … this floral print Holiday Australia Patiso kaftan is a joy. One size fits all, R2999 from elizabethsummer.com
We’re saying a hot summer hello to this new Glemorangie Triple Cask Reserve whisky, launched in SA recently by Dr Bill Lumsden, Glenmorangie’s Director of Distilling, Whisky Creation and Whisky Stocks, one of the world’s most awarded master distillers, and sometimes referred to as the Rock Star of Whisky. His unconventional distilling genius is behind this rich, subtly spiced single malt … all candied orange peel, ginger, cinnamon and cloves, matured in three types of casks, it’s delicious served neat, with ice, and has sufficient body to be used in a summer cocktail. Around R539 from your fave bottlestore. Follow on IG @glenmorangie
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