Paperback / Softback
Pages – 208
ISBN – 9781920434106
Paperback / Softback
Pages – 208
ISBN – 9781920434106
Marlene Van der Westhuizen
Food, friendship and a glass of excellent wine are, for me, the most important ingredients of a life worth living. The gentle early morning debate about a possible dinner menu, picking arms full of wild flowers in the fields around the achingly beautiful village of Charroux, filling a basket with fresh asparagus, sun warmed tomatoes and purple hearted artichokes. From winter fires to steaming soups, brisk walks in the icy winter’s mist along the well loved Sea Point promenade, endless conversations around the kitchen table whilst a pot of tender-as-marrow oxtail is cooking away on the stove.
All of these and the sharing of another meal, laughter or journey with the people around me.
What’s not to love?
Sumptuous, the long awaited sequel to Delectable, continues the author’s exuberant annotation of French and Cape recipes. It is in a similar vein, but it is more: more decadent, bolder, brighter and more beautiful. At the time of Delectable’s publication, Marlene was not very well known outside of food and wine circles, but now she is extremely well-known, and for sumptuous, has teamed up with photographer, Gerda Genis.