This is a blog you have to listen to, as opposed to just read. The words can only ever serve as an introduction to the incredible music that comes from the most remote corners of southern and South Africa: the Hardeveld, the Klein Karoo and the Kalahari.

Here are some delicious spaces and places to have your cake ... and eat it too.

Nothing like farm life to get you into the rural spirit – here’s our choice of fabulous farm-style country restaurants.

Evita’s Bossie Sikelela is a truly South African cookbook, and a great Christmas present for anyone with a sense of humour.

These days, coffee is giving beer and champagne the boot when it comes to the popularity stakes. Here are some of pretty fine coffee shops to choose from.

The perfect stocking filler for those who love food and Cape Town (in that order) is Abundance: City Food from the Cape by Marlene van Der Westhuizen.

If you are heading for the Klein Karoo, near the Oudtshoorn area, keep an eye out for the Karusa vineyard in the village of Schoemanshoek, set against the Swartberg mountains.

Claudia Hodkinson chatted to Justin Bonello, host and author of the Ultimate Braai Master, and found out a little more about our braai universe, and, of course, his latest book.

A fun afternoon was held earlier this week when the Sandton Convention Centre hosted a delicious chef’s table, which delighted and enthralled diners.