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 Newsletter 8: November 2008
 Display Your Flavour

Next time you bring out the old salt and pepper cellar, consider creating a delightful centrepiece by writing the words salt and pepper. You could even use a child’s stencil to shape the style you want.

 For more Entertainment Ideas visit the South African Foodies website
 Herb Q & A: Chives

There are two types of Chives, normal and garlic. Both of which are great for summer salads. Chives have a long cylindrical leaf with an onion flower at the end. This flower adds a lovely finishing colour to a salad.
 New Articles


Creating Your Perfect Cheese Platter

After dinner you may serve cheese and biscuits or you may be entertaining a group with a fancy hors d’oeuvres wine and cheese function. Where do you start? Read Full Article

 Recipe to try: Camembert Cheese Fold

INGREDIENTS

Camembert cheese
(4 – 5 inch diameter)
Mascarpone cheese
Cottage cheese
½ a cup of de-pitted olives
Green fig preserves
Walnuts

METHOD
  1. Slice the Camembert cheese into two halves down the width of the cheese
  2. Blend the Olives and Mascarpone cheese together (don’t over blend to enhance the texture of the paste)
  3. Spread the paste between the two halves of the Camembert cheese (it should look like an un-iced cake now)
  4. Spread the cottage cheese over the top of the Camembert cheese layers and sprinkle crumbed walnuts and green fig preserves over the top

Ideal for cocktail parties, cheese and
wines or just a fancy hors d'oeuvre for guests
 Entertaining Q & A
Q:
 I am hosting a cocktail party at my house next month and don't know which cheese goes with which wine, can you help?
A: South African Foodies has found a wonderful website that lists the cheeses in alphabetical order and matches them to the suited wine. Visit Spittoon to find out.
  New Recipe Books on the Market

Larousse Gastronomique:

Originally created by Prosper Montagne and published in 1938, "Larousse Gastronomique" serves as a useful source of information for the enthusiastic cook and serious gastronome alike, whether your interest is in the mythological origins of ambrosia, or how best to use a marinade.
The Complete Robuchon:

Robuchon is the most influential French chef of the post-nouvelle cuisine era. His food was seen as instrumental in leading French cuisine away from the excesses - and excessive reductionism - of nouvelle cuisine.

The Cooking Book:

This is the ultimate bible for today's busy cook; a cookbook, pocket shopping list and DVD in one. The cookbook that really understands what you need in the kitchen, answering all your culinary questions, from what the finished dish should look like and if it can be prepared it ahead, to what to do with leftovers.
  Up and Coming Events

- THE FNB WHISKY LIVE FESTIVAL
- THE GOOD FOOD & WINE SHOW