Cookery

Monday – 20th July 2020

Smullekker blatjanghoender om die koue mee te stuit – probeer hierdie gratis resep uit Isolasie-inspirasie: Trooskos

Opsoek na idees vir aandete? Probeer gerus hierdie smullekker resep vir blatjanghoender uit Isolasie-inspirasie: Trooskos.

Tuesday – 14th July 2020

Jacana Media staff picks – find out publisher Nadia Goetham’s best books

Nadia Goetham is a publisher at Jacana Media. She has many things that she loves about her job, but she says, ‘Nothing beats that feeling you get when I see a first-time author’s face light up when they see and hold their book for the first time. I literally have the chance to help make people’s dreams come true.’

Monday – 13th July 2020

Free recipe! Low-GI Chocolate Brownies from the new cookbook Delicious, Modern, Healthy Recipes for Diabetes

Are you living with diabetes or insulin resistance? Looking for some healthy, tasty, family-friendly meals to tempt your taste buds? 

Friday – 10th July 2020

Monday – 22nd June 2020

Cheesy pea quinoa risotto – for you and the baby, from Joe Wicks’s Wean in 15

‘Risottos are awesome for adding in any veg you fancy. This one tastes yummy with the cheese. I think you and your baby will enjoy it!’

Tiramisini with Coffee Ice Cream – try this delicious recipe from Out of an African Kitchen: Recipes and Stories

This quirky anthology of recipes, reminiscences, anecdotes and stories was compiled and written in honour of the chefs and guests at Angama Mara, the lovely lodge on the edge of Africa’s Rift Valley overlooking Kenya’s Maasai Mara.

Friday – 19th June 2020

Friday Feast with Sababa – delicious and easy Middle Eastern and Mediterranean family recipes

Can’t decide what to have for dinner tonight? Don’t worry, Jacana Media has got you covered!

Tuesday – 9th June 2020

All the taste with less of the guilt – try this delicious Cinnamon Apple Tart with Pecan Crust recipe from The Banting Baker

What if we told you that there was a way to continue indulging in delicious comfort food, but in a healthier manner? Try this recipe for Cinnamon Apple Tart with Pecan Crust from The Banting Baker by Catherine Speedie!

Monday – 8th June 2020

Karen Dudley forced to close her famous Woodstock restaurant, The Kitchen – buy a copy of her cookbook to donate to her team

Karen Dudley has been forced to close down her famous Woodstock restaurant, The Kitchen. To support her and the restaurant staff, Jacana Media have announced they will donate all proceeds from the sales of Dudley’s cookbook Set a Table during June and July 2020 to The Kitchen team.

Friday – 5th June 2020

Something healthy to do with the kids this weekend – try this delicious Chocolate Gingerbread Men recipe from The Banting Baker

What if we told you that there was a way to continue indulging in delicious comfort food, but in a healthier manner? Try this recipe for Chocolate Gingerbread Men from The Banting Baker by Catherine Speedie!

Footnotes, June 2020: Book links from around the web

At The Reading List, we’re trainspotters when it comes to interesting book links, and here are a number that caught our eye.

Monday – 25th May 2020

Find out what’s cooking with Chef Lesego Semenya (and his new puppy) – Jacana Media’s Author of the Month for May

Jacana Media’s Author of the Month for May is Chef Lesego Semenya a.k.a. Lesdachef!

Tuesday – 12th May 2020

Try Sarah Graham’s speedy Butternut and Chickpea Korma from her cookbook Super Natural

Hmm, what’s for dinner tonight? May we suggest a bowl of this speedy Butternut and Chickpea Korma from Super Natural by Sarah Graham?

Thursday – 7th May 2020

Uber Eats is now delivering books from Exclusive Books in South Africa

Exclusive Books has joined forces with Uber Eats to deliver books to word-hungry South Africans. 

Help South Africa’s beloved indie bookshops keep their doors open during lockdown

The latest edition of Burn After Reading tells you everything you need to know about supporting your local independent bookshop.

Monday – 4th May 2020

Video: Armand Aucamp vertel hoe hy gesond eet tydens die inperking en deel sy gunsteling skuldvrye peuselhappie

Die gewilde akteur en kookboekskrywer Armand Aucamp het onlangs met Heino du Plessis gesels oor sy twee nuwe e-boeke, Bant saam met Armand en Inspiration for Isolation: 14 Low-Carb Recipes for 14 Days.

Wednesday – 22nd April 2020

Rus sag, Tant Koelsoem: LAPA neem afskeid van Koelsoem Kamalie (1948 – 2020)

Koelsoem Kamalie is op Saterdag 11 April 2020 oorlede op die ouderdom van 72. Dié tannie van Bonteheuwel het luisteraars van RSG aan haar lippe laat hang met die heerlike resepte wat sy gedeel het, haar humor en die reguit manier waarop sy kon praat.

Friday – 17th April 2020

Isolasie-inspirasie: Trooskos – 14 smullekker trooskosresepte wat jou en jou gesin van inperking sal laat vergeet (e-boek)

Hier is 14 smullekker trooskosresepte wat jou en jou gesin van Covid-19 en inperking sal laat vergeet. Ons voorouers het hierdie resepte gemaak in tye van oorlog, swaarkry en depressie om almal se gemoed te lig: jy kan ook.

Thursday – 16th April 2020

Bly by die huis en word maer! Laai die e-boek Bant saam met Armand deur Armand Aucamp af en leer hoe om gesond te kook

Jy hoef nie vet te word in isolasie nie. Leer hoe om gesond te kook met 14 heerlike resepte in Armand Aucamp se jongste e-boek, Bant saam met Armand.

Wednesday – 15th April 2020

Nou kan jy die inperking omhekel met 14 Hekelpatrone vir 14 dae deur Nadia de Kock en Hilda Steyn (e-boek)

Nog nooit was daar ’n beter tyd vir hekel nie! Geniet dié 14 patrone, ’n keur uit ons terapeutiese boek Hekel en word heel, en vind weer sin en betekenis in die huislike en alledaagse.