Celebrate Summer with Smiths Gins
Discover Smiths Gins – South Africa’s award-winning small-batch gin range, now available exclusively on Takealot from 27 October 2025. Celebrate summer with soul, flavour, and handcrafted perfection. A Toast to South African Spirit There’s something magical about a...
The Roses: A Softer Spin on a Brutal Classic
The decision to retitle the new adaptation of Warren Adler’s The War of the Roses as simply The Roses feels deliberate. Where Adler’s novel and its 1989 film version, directed by Danny DeVito and starring Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas, revelled in the poisonous...
Book with Race Day Events for the drive of a lifetime
Lume Agency and Race Car Events recently invited me to a turbo-charged, fuel-injection, high-octane morning that I'll never forget. Wait, let me check if there's any other petrolhead jargon I can throw in here. Nope, all good for now 🤭🏎️ Race Day Events gives you the...
The Shape of Monsters is Five Stars
Author CL Hellisen sent me a link for an early listen of their Audible Original, The Shape of Monsters. I've set myself the task of reading 365 books this year. Yes, you read that right. Because with audio I get to read so much more while I'm multitasking. To date,...
Win with NESCAFÉ GOLD

Win with NESCAFÉ GOLD

NESCAFÉ GOLD provides coffee fans with a chance to win one-of-a-kind luxurious prizes as part of their Crafted Beyond Compare Winter 2021 campaign. Each month until August you can win the bespoke Xesha timepiece and/or the specially created Nungu Diamonds jewellery....

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Rooibos tea and its role in fiction

Rooibos tea and its role in fiction

Rooibos is my favourite hot beverage, and occasionally, cold beverage. It’s been months since I’ve cut out caffeine and I really feel great. Part of it is because of the way my body responds to caffeine – I wrote about it here. I know a lot of people, both my and...

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Garnish your G&T with the unusual

Garnish your G&T with the unusual

This International Gin and Tonic Day garnish your classic cocktail with cucumber. Gloriously unusual, Hendrick’s Gin suggests you try something equally unusual. The humble cucumber brings out the curious flavours of Hendrick’s Gin, with its infusions of English...

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New Year’s Eve Punch

New Year’s Eve Punch

New Year's Eve Punch is exactly what you need to make the chaos that is 2020 feel like a fuzzy bad dream and hopes for 2021 soar. Before I share the recipe from those wonderful people over at Delish where you can find a treasure trove of wonderful food and drinks...

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Woodford Reserve Bourbon-tasting Friendmas

Woodford Reserve Bourbon-tasting Friendmas

Bourbon is enjoying an upswing in the premium spirits market - the mellow allure of America's craft liquid is seeing a growing number of South Africans becoming increasingly more appreciative of authentic American whiskey. I'm not much of a bourbon drinker, but...

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Have a happy Hendrick’s holiday

Have a happy Hendrick’s holiday

Many businesses are closing over the holiday period, and to celebrate the break you can't do much better than Hendrick's Gin - my all-time favourite gin. You can find loads more recipes like these on their website. Cucumber lemonade 1 parts Hendrick's Gin1 parts lemon...

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Magical mimosas

Magical mimosas

Mimosas seem to be the only acceptable brunch tipple that's not considered hair of the dog as far as I know. They're way too classy and so versatile! I've rounded up ten mimosas that I think would be just wonderful to celebrate the season with. Curated recipes and...

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Cocktail shrub – not what you think

Cocktail shrub – not what you think

A shrub, in cocktail terms, is a non-alcoholic drinking vinegar. That sounds really terrible, but if you get the balance right it adds a wonderful depth and complexity to your cocktail. When mixing your drink - for all the budding mixologists out there creating their...

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Cream-based cocktails – dessert in a glass

Cream-based cocktails – dessert in a glass

I'm sure the thought of cream and spirits mixing brings a curdling to mind to many. But done right, it is delicious. And I can't think of a better way to enjoy a light dessert (if there's no chocolate mousse or banofi pie in the fridge, anyway). Not my recipes or...

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