Katrina Rose Wind

Internationalist by upbringing, food connoisseur by choice, Katrina is a bite-sized wordsmith with endless culinary curiosity. In between writing, photographing and making food, she's thinking about it, with coffee cup in hand – more than anything, Katrina wants to make people excited about being in the kitchen.

Foodies Rejoice: Restaurant Week/Month Specials

The beginning of October means one thing and one thing only (Halloween who?), the start of Restaurant Week! From October 1st to November 1st, participating restaurants will be offering set menus at…

What Exactly Is Miso?

Miso. The only way to really describe this popular ingredient’s flavour profile is earthy, salty and sometimes sweet. Once used almost exclusively for soups, this fermented, funky paste has show how truly…

Lockdown Level 1 Explained

Last night President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that South Africa will go into lockdown Level 1 as of Sunday 20 September at midnight. With the new level of the country’s risk-adjusted strategy to…

GETNAKED: The New Online Wine Shop You Need To Know About

Can you tell us a little bit about yourselves? We are a team of three entrepreneurs, Wesley Du Plessis, Ryan Lloyd and Neil Matthews, who have a strong passion not only for…

The 10 Most Popular August Recipes

We’ve got the most popular recipes that you, the reader, were searching for during the month of August on Crush. Prego Sauce is back, elevate your potato bake game, perfect the seafood…

Female Chefs In South Africa: Epice’s Charné Sampson

It’s Women’s Month and given that we love food, we want to celebrate the powerful female chefs of South Africa. These women represent what it means to rank their own needs second…

Female Chefs In South Africa: Hazendal’s Michélle Theron

It’s Women’s Month and given that we love food, we want to celebrate the powerful female chefs of South Africa. These women represent what it means to rank their own needs second…

The 10 Most Popular July Recipes

Winter is here and with that brings a new-found love for winter meals. We’ve got the most popular recipes that you, the reader, were searching for during the month of July on…

Restaurants Fight Back Amidst Covid-19 Regulations

As lockdown continues and regulations become stricter, we have seen how the restaurant industry and the alcohol business alike are struggling to keep themselves afloat. The hashtag #jobssaveslives has been circulating around…

Cape Herb

Take A Trip Around The World With Cape Herb & Spice

The history of spices is a long and complex one that dates back to the beginning of human civilisation. Spices have been long sought after and fought over and were known as…

Added Sugars: The Ultimate Sneaky Ingredient

Sugar. The sneakiest ingredient of them all. Sometimes looking for ‘sugar’ on the back of a packet is not that simple, it can disguise themselves as different names leaving you more confused…


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