South Africa’s energy supply emergency may have made us worry that we were headed for the “Dark” Ages unless we got rid of every single appliance we own, but the truth is we can make an enormous difference just by making some easy changes to how we use our energy supply.
The kitchen, with all of [...]

There is a common misconception that stews are difficult to prepare and extremely time consuming. Here is a quick and delicious recipe for a Lamb stew.
Serves:             4
Total Time:     30 min

Ingredients

- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 750g lamb steaks (top round or shoulder), bones removed and meat [...]

Drinking alcohol every day cuts the risk of heart disease in men by more than a third, a major study suggests.
The Spanish research involving more than 15,500 men and 26,000 women found large quantities of alcohol could be even more beneficial for men.
Female drinkers did not benefit to the same extent, the study in Heart [...]

Pairing wine and food is in many cases an individual perception. But there are guidelines which suggest the most popular pairings and then there are commonly excepted pairings which are deemed to be universal mismatches.
To make sense of the best wine pairings, it helps to recognize the worst wine pairings. This gives and indication of [...]

Finding new ways to improve on old recipes / dish is always exciting. Meatballs are a standard dish and everyone has a good-to recipe for this good-old-faithful meal. Here is interesting spicy meatball dish which will not fail to delight your guests.
Recommended wine: Arniston Bay Shiraz 2008. This is a full bodied wine with intense [...]

According to a recent Telegraph article South Africa’s wines are improving in leaps and bounds and there has been a dramatic increase in quality.
South Africa is currently the world’s ninth largest wine producer with more than 600 wineries and 6,000 wines. It is the fastest growing wine-supplying country in Britain, with a 12.1 per cent [...]

Apart from the lovely drink, serving Champaign (sparkling wine) can be a mood and ambiance setter. Serve it ice cold and to open the bottle gracefully.
The next important step in sparkling wine etiquette is how to get sparkling wine into a glass. A lot trickier than it seems. Here are three clever tips to pouring [...]

Wine sales at restaurants and bars are declining as diners trade down to less expensive options or skip wine altogether to save a buck.
The economic woes have in some cases influenced diners to be less extravagant and less experimental. Diners can’t afford to be wrong and thus they are not likely to try new restaurants or try [...]

After opening a bottle of wine it just takes a few days for the  wines to “go bad”. The time which it will “stay good” depends on a few factors.
Both red and white wines will oxidise once exposed to the elements and will eventually convert into vinegar. Essentially, the only wines that keep for any [...]