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5 Unique Ways to Celebrate Christmas
For South Africans, warmer weather and summer holidays mark the start of the festive season. Tinsel abounds in shop windows and homes alike, and there’s a jovial spirit in the air. The countdown to Christmas has begun, and many are casting their thoughts to how they’ll be spending this widely celebrated day. In western society,...
The Advent of Christmas: Kid’s Activities
Advent (from the Latin word adventus meaning “coming”) is the season leading up to Christmas day. In Western Christian churches, it is observed as a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of Christmas. Today, the majority of the Western world usually celebrate the advent of Christmas by assembling decorated Christmas trees in their homes...
Gorgeous Gourmet Burgers
The term ‘gourmet’ gets thrown about a lot in the restaurant business. Gourmet pasta, gourmet pizza, gourmet burgers, gourmet coffee, gourmet coca cola – wait. What? Can coca cola be classified as gourmet? Well, no, it can’t. But this is the current trend, to label everything and anything ‘gourmet’ so as to market it better....
The Breakfast Diaries
There is a growing percentage of South Africans who skip breakfast. Are you perhaps part of this percentage? If so, what is your excuse for missing this vital meal? You don’t have time? You’re trying to lose weight? You’re just not hungry in the morning? Whatever your excuse is, in the eyes of the ‘breakfast...
The Coffee vs. Tea Debate: Which is the Mightier Beverage?
It’s a debate that’s been raging on since we can remember: coffee vs tea. Which is the superior beverage in terms of calories, health, popularity and taste? You don’t have to work too hard to figure out which side of the divide has secured our loyalty, but we thought that for the sake of objectivity...
Christmas in Cape Town: Gift Shopping
There is do doubt about it. There is just something about attending a Christmas market that gets you into the Christmas spirit. If you are spending this Christmas season in Cape Town, forget crowded malls, overpriced gifts and buying for the sake of it. There are many Christmas markets happening in and around Cape Town...
Green Fingers Series: Tips for Harvesting
If you’ve been following our series on vegetable gardening, you will have an idea of the basics that go into establishing a garden as well as the all-important groundwork which involves preparing and maintaining the quality of the soil. By far the most exciting part about growing your own veg is the harvesting. The question...
The Quiche: A South African Favourite
The word quiche derives from the German word Kuchen, meaning cake. Today, we know quiche as a savoury, open-faced pie made up of vegetables, meats and herbs in a custard mixture, baked in pastry crust. A healthy, tasty, simple meal usually enjoyed for lunch or dinner, the quiche has become a South African favourite. For those warm...
Cool Coffee Inspired Logo Designs
Coffee is a staple for most creatives – it kicks the brain into action and keeps those creative juices from becoming tired and sluggish. It should come as no surprise then that coffee in itself can offer a wealth of inspiration. The coffee bean, its history, the dark rich aesthetic, its strong aroma and the...
Movember Madness
For those of you who live in a box, ‘Moustache’ plus ‘November’ equals ‘Movember’. For some men, it’s an excuse to ditch the razor and have a lazy shave-free month, for others it’s an opportunity to raise awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate and testicular cancer. For others, it’s nothing unusual to allow their ‘tache...
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