Tony Jackman

In my quest to bring you the most warming of winter dishes, I came up with this one-dish bake that has some of my favourite things in it: not least, braised leeks and parsnip mash. Oh, and cheese.

Some things should never change. Nelson’s Eye, whose title of best steakhouse at the Cape is uncontested by all except those who don’t know any better, is the best example of this. And over in Pinelan…

Putting a curry together using random ingredients that happen to be to hand can make it more interesting. I found myself with some sweetly alluring Italian tomatoes and, soon, a curry was born.…

Ah, calamari. Rings. Strips. ‘Steaks’. It matters not which you choose, any of them would be suitable for this simple stew that is utterly delicious. …

We love our roast chicken. Each time I cook one, I find a new way to flavour it. A new style. This time, I reached down to my verdant little pot of herbs that were straining to find the winter sun, an…

The vegetable garden at Babylonstoren gave me something I had not expected. A direct line from the Company’s Garden in 1652 to my present, here at the foot of the Simonsberg, watched over by a lesser-…

Matthew Gordon is leaving his French Connection bistro in Franschhoek’s main road after a quarter of a century. But the restaurant is not going anywhere. …

Ah, calamari. Rings. Strips. ‘Steaks’. It matters not which you choose, any of them would be suitable for this simple stew that is utterly delicious. …

The vegetable garden at Babylonstoren gave me something I had not expected. A direct line from the Company's Garden in 1652 to my present, here at

My soups are blended, almost every one of them. But there’s one soup that must not be attacked by a handheld blender or run through a food processor. And that’s chunky vegetable soup.…