Occasionally one comes across a recipe book so essentially beautiful that one just has to own it – not to cook from (although you can), but to delve into and to indulge. Babel is such a book – exquisite in every way.

In this book, Maranda Engelbrecht has magically encapsulated the essence of Babylonstoren in all its elements ­ – the restaurant, the farm, the garden, the fresh produce, the kitchen, the tasting room, the bakery, charcuterie, the farm shop, green house and, most importantly, the food with a palette that varies from clean-white, starring the freshest foods glowing jewel bright to colours earthy, dark, rich and sultry.