Kickstart A Bicycle Project
Posted on 04. Jun, 2010 by iheidi in Food, Travel, books, media
Oh, the independence, and freedom, of a bicycle! It’s certainly one of the ways to get around in this country. And the guy who brought us the delicious African Salad (a collection of South African recipes, and so much more than that) is working on a new book about bicycles. Probably the last cyclist I [...]
Conspiracy Theory #46664
Posted on 09. Apr, 2010 by iheidi in Food, Politics
As I flipped through our (four) TV channels last night, trying to find a distraction from the latest of TV tantrums, I found Tannie Evita in action: promoting her new South African recipe book Kossie Sikelela. She mentioned the importance of courageous cooking, bringing enemies together, to face one another, and to share a meal [...]
Future Farmers at Design Indaba 2010
Posted on 09. Mar, 2010 by iheidi in Design, Food
A number of last year’s Design Indaba speakers returned to the stage this year, having applied their minds to a particular topic: future farming. 5.5 presented a book that displayed all the typical fauna and flora in cities, Dunne and Raby presented a concept on futuristic foraging, Frank Tjepkema shared his ideas of self-contained farming [...]
Martha Stewart at Design Indaba 2010
Posted on 09. Mar, 2010 by iheidi in Business, Design, Food
Let them eat cake. She might as well have said it. (Or it might have been, Let them eat pork, with glitter?) Poor Martha. She was savaged, by an audience that walked out en masse. How could she have gotten it so wrong? How did she manage to alienate her audience so thoroughly? Was it [...]
Christien Meindertsma at Design Indaba 2010
Posted on 09. Mar, 2010 by iheidi in Design, Food
Christien is interested in tracing the origins of the things around us. She spoke of her projects related to three raw materials: wool, flax, and pig (yes, pig.) As part of her wool project, she journeyed to Idaho, to spend time with a flock of organic sheep. She created a series of cardigans and jerseys [...]
Buenos Aires: Bonito
Posted on 04. Mar, 2010 by iheidi in Food, Travel
It’s always an adventure when you book holiday accommodation online, isn’t it? You never quite know what you’re going to get… Sometimes, it is pure delight. (About the rest, I don’t bother to write). Bonito is a mother-daughter project, an apartment that’s been converted into a design hotel with 5 unique rooms. I booked us [...]
Ferran Adria at Design Indaba 2009
Posted on 09. Feb, 2010 by in Design, Food
Introduced as a Salvador Dali of the kitchen (though as an aside I read in an interview that the person he would most like to meet is Picasso!)…this man has been crowned the best chef in the world by press and peers alike. He simply called himself a cook. Haute cuisine he described as a [...]
La Muerte – South African Tequila
Posted on 26. Jan, 2010 by vincenthofmann in Blog, Food, featured
Harvested from organic wild agave plantations in the Karoo desert, slow fermented and quadruple distilled La Muerte South Africa’s very own Tequila is not called “the death” for nothing. Apparently, according to it’s creators it’s “the deadliest Margarita base ever”. Well the minute we get our hands on a bottle we’ll soon find out whether [...]
Nespresso – a profitable luxury coffee brand
Posted on 22. Jan, 2010 by vincenthofmann in Blog, Culture, Design, Food, Tech
How did Nespresso, despite being rather pricey and positioned at once as a luxury aspirational brand and at the same time as a convenient online commodity, still manage to return positive results to its stake holders in spite of the global recession? In 1970, Nestlé’s Research and Development department invented the Nespresso capsule-based coffee pressurized [...]
Where to eat when you’re on holiday in Margate.
Posted on 20. Dec, 2009 by vincenthofmann in Blog, Food, featured
You’ve just skipped through the Port Shepstone toll plaza, and you’re on your way to Marine Drive, Margate. Margate, the mecca to the annual migration of the middle classes, unrepentant humidity and host to a plethora of poorly appointed restaurants and even worse menus. So I’ve taken it upon myself to guide you to the [...]
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