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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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