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We savour coming together to celebrate local, seasonal and sustainable ingredients\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately you don\u2019t have to live in the Cape to make, and enjoy, the dishes in her book &#8230; Winelands grape pizza bianca with feta and thyme will taste just as good in Ballito, Bo-Kaap harissa paste will be yummy in Bloem, and Cape seafood stew will go down a treat in Sandton. There are more than 75 amazing recipes that most of us will manage with ease. There are recipes here we\u2019ll make again and again &#8230; this is without a doubt our hot buy for spring and summer. <em>Struik, R280.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you, like us, relish the Mediterranean way of eating &#8230; everyone tucking into breads and dips, tapas and salads, gorgeous roasts and seafoods &#8230; you\u2019re going to want to get a copy of the gorgeous \u2013 GORGEOUS, we tell you \u2013 Cape Mediterranean by Ilse van der Merwe. 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