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Jul 12 min read

What To Substitute For Missing Ingredients

Cookbook author Chantal Lascaris shares her secrets on quick-fix substitute ingredients.

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May 201 min read

WATCH: How To Poach Eggs Perfectly

For fool-proof poached eggs, try this technique born out of a restaurant’s need for perfection without any waste. No swirling required!

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May 131 min read

WATCH: How To Slice & Chop Different Vegetables

Here’s how to chop and slice many different types of veggies. From making your snap peas look fancy to prepping and chopping leeks, celery,

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May 61 min read

WATCH: How To Frost Every Cake

Learn many different frosting techniques, from how to create petals to perfecting writing on a cake. Watch the demonstration to level up you

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Apr 221 min read

WATCH: How To Butcher Different Types Of Poultry

When you butcher your chicken, turkey, duck (or even quail) at home you get the benefit of not only reducing waste and using the carcass for

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Apr 222 min read

HOW TO: Make An Easy Pork and Apple Sausage Roll

Make this delicious, ask-for-more pork and apple sausage roll. The recipe is very easy with just a few ingredients.

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Apr 151 min read

WATCH: How To Check If Your Meat Is Done

Medium to well? Well done or rare? It’s one thing to order it in the restaurant, but how do you make the perfect steak to your taste at home

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Apr 81 min read

WATCH: How To Peel & Devein Prawns

Watch this demonstration of how to peel and devein prawns like a professional.

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Apr 11 min read

WATCH: How To Sear Meat Perfectly

Watch a professional chef demonstrate how to master the Maillard reaction and sear meat perfectly.

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Mar 252 min read

WATCH: How To Remove the Gland From A Leg Of Lamb

Carmen Siologas explains why you need to remove the gland from a leg of lamb. Plus: watch a butcher demonstrates how to do it yourself.

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Mar 185 min read

Pickled Fish: Which Method Is Best?

Which fish do you use for pickled fish? And should you just dust the fish with just flour, or should you use batter? We find out from experi

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Mar 181 min read

WATCH: The Best (And Worst) Ways To Cut Onions

Watch this demonstration on how to cut onions with the least amount of tears.

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Mar 111 min read

WATCH: How To Deep-Fry Anything Perfectly

From the right type of equipment to the right types of oil, a professional chef explains step-by-step how you can deep fry just about anythi

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Mar 41 min read

WATCH: How To Grind Almost Every Spice

If you’ve ever shied away from grinding your own whole spices at home, it’s time to put that in the past. This instructional video from an e

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Feb 191 min read

Watch: How To Make Potato Pavé

Create potato pavé at home: layers of thinly sliced potato are cooked slowly and pressed together overnight to give you a stunning classic.

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Jul 10, 20232 min read

Ujeqe (Steamed Bread)

One of my favourite dishes is ujeqe (steamed bread) with my mum’s fried cabbage. Hers is the best – fluffy and delicious.

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Jul 10, 20232 min read

Aunty Mina’s Spicy Chicken And Corn Soup

I learned to make this delicious, spicy, rich chicken-and-corn soup from my favourite aunty, Aunty Minatjie.

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Jul 3, 20232 min read

Moong Dhal Curry

I spotted a packet of green Moong lentils and a packet of braising spice and decided to make a curry, instead of a normal dhal.

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Jul 3, 20232 min read

Popcorn Popping Tips

Read on for tips on making oil-free popcorn and a genius hack for stove-top popping.

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Jul 1, 20231 min read

How To Make Lamb Shank Stew In The Electric Pressure Cooker

My pressure cooker is a winner, especially with loadshedding. I made a green bean stew in mine, a dish my mom made so often when I was young

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