Time to read
Enjoy your bread buttered on both sides with this substantial offering of new food and nature titles. Face the winter chill with two new books jam-packed with fragrant Cape Malay favourites.
Spice it up!
Cape Malay Cooking – My Story, My Heritage by Fatima Sydow
Fatima Sydow takes readers on a nostalgic journey through her memories of the food she grew up eating; Ramadan, Labarang, and many community weddings, before concluding with a chapter on food for festivities and braais. We can’t wait to try her “famous baked bean salad” with pineapple and a bite. R395 Human & Rousseau nb.co.za
WIN 1: Fatima
How to enter
Type “Winter”, followed by the keyword supplied for each book, in the subject line of an e-mail and send it, along with your name, physical address (not postal address!) and cellphone number to
helloplatteland@gmail.com. Or visit platteland.net, click on “Win” and fill in the form using the same keywords. The closing date is 25 August 2023.
Modern Cape Malay Cooking by Cariema Isaacs
The subtitle of Cariema Isaacs’ fourth cookbook perfectly sums up what you will find in this contemporary interpretation of traditional festive fare and simple homecooked food. Cariema incorporates modern ingredients and contemporary influences and technology such as air-fryers.
R350 Penguin penguinrandomhouse.co.za
WIN 1: Cariema
Onwards by Karen Dudley
When Covid-19 forced Karen to close her iconic restaurant The Kitchen in Woodstock, she rediscovered her connection with food and the way she approaches cooking. She shares all these wholesome recipes and stories in her lovely fourth book. R360 Penguin Random House
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WIN 1: Karen
by Sarah Graham
Good + Simple
Sarah Graham continues to celebrate an abundance of vegetables and natural whole foods. This delightful hardcover book features more than 140 delicious family recipes that she reworked during the pandemic.
R390 Penguin
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WIN 1: Good
Thrive by Nicci Robertson
Whether your goal is weight loss or improved health, the 80-odd mouthwatering “healthy recipes that break the diet rules” in Nicci Robertson’s book are packed with flavour and nutritionally balanced. Her message is clear throughout: When you eat the right food in the right quantities, your body will respond positively and you will thrive both physically and mentally.
R380 Penguin
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WIN 1: Thrive
Guide to Seabirds of Southern Africa by Peter Ryan
This guide focuses entirely on the seabirds of Southern Africa and includes new species, beautiful photos, distribution maps and informative text. There is an extra chapter on flying fish and squid. R270 Struik Nature
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WIN 1: Seabirds
The South African Air-fryer Cookbook by Louisa Holst
While Eskom is doing what it does, thousands of South Africans these days are cooking exclusively in their air-fryers while their stoves gather dust. This book contains flopproof recipes and plenty of tips for snacks and starters, quick dishes, family meals, vegetables and sides, traditional favourites, as well as bakes and sweet treats.
R320 Human & Rousseau
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WIN 1: Louisa-E
Plants of the Baviaanskloof by Douglas Euston-Brown and Magriet Kruger
This is the only botanical guide to this small valley between the Baviaanskloof and Kouga mountain ranges, and describes more than 1 000 plant species that occur here. R450 Struik Nature
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WIN 1: Baviaanskloof
Field Guide to Scorpions of South Africa by Ian Engelbrecht
This field guide with full-colour photos and updated distribution maps is the first comprehensive illustrated guide to describe all 108 scorpion species found in three families in most South African biomes. It covers characteristics, habitat, behaviour and regional variations within the species – indispensable for anyone interested in South Africa’s fascinating fauna. R400 Struik Nature
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WIN 1: Scorpions
The Buck that Buries its Poo by Quinton Coetzee
Why do flamingos stand on one leg, and bats hang upside down? Did you know that a chameleon’s tongue can accelerate five times faster than a fighter jet? These fascinating facts and more than 101 other tidbits are presented in an accessible way. R280 Jonathan Ball jonathanball.co.za WIN 1: Buck