The posts feature recipes that we have gathered and created during our travels, including recipes from The Dish and Weekend Eggs posts.
This tomato bredie recipe makes a classic Cape Town stew. This bredie (an Afrikaans word meaning ‘stew’) is a slow-cooked mutton and tomato stew. The variety and amount of spices added have an infinite variety of permeations. This is my version of the tomato bredie inspired by our time in Cape Town. Jet lag makes … Read more
In our years of being semi-professional barflies and checking out bars around the world, purely in the name of research of course, we’ve developed a repertoire of favourite cocktails that we always order to test out the skills of a barman. One of them is a Latin American classic so during our recent stay in … Read more
I’m not going to lie. The only negative thing we heard about Costa Rica before our two weeks in the country on our yearlong trip dedicated to slow, local and experiential travel was about a subject close to our hearts: the food. But one rustic dish was very popular – gallo pinto, which translates to … Read more
This soft-centred chocolate cake recipe was inspired by our visit to the Villa Vanilla Spice Farm. Seeing fresh vanilla and cocoa beans was a real treat. Seeing the flowers that lead to the formation of a cacao pod and seeing the cocoa beans out drying in the sun was amazing. It was so inspirational that … Read more
Our michelada recipe makes the spicy Mexican beer cocktail that has a kick. If you haven’t tried a michelada before, you need to make one now. We sampled our first michelada at Mexico City’s La Lagunilla market and fell in love with this summery thirst-quenching drink for spice lovers. One of the best things about … Read more