Time to read
Close the chilly chapter on winter with a selection of fresh new books.
by Ilse van der Merwe
Ilse offers an inspiring guide for easy and scrumptious dishes that can all be prepared without electricity and only a few basic utensils, and a fire or kettle braai. Don’t miss the Summer issue of Platteland – we’re publishing an exclusive extract. R430 Penguin Random House
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WIN 1: Al Fresco
Easy Al Fresco by Luke Dale-Roberts
The Test Kitchen
Heralded as a founding pillar of the South African fine-dining landscape, The Test Kitchen operated for eleven years, won numerous local and international awards, and moulded the careers of many talented chefs. This stunning visual keepsake as flavourful as Luke’s spectacular dishes celebrates this legacy and shares Luke’s story, as well as some of the restaurant’s most beloved and iconic recipes. With a foreword by Heston Blumenthal. R1 500 Penguin Random House
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How to enter
Type “Spring” followed by the keyword with each book in the subject line of an e-mail and send it, together with your name, street address (not postal address!) and cell phone number to helloplatteland@gmail.com. Or visit
platteland.net, click on “Win” and fill in the form with the same keywords. The closing date is 23 November 2023.
Clever Cooking by Vickie de Beer
The subtitle of Vickie’s latest book says it all: Plan and prepare nutritious meals that will save you time and money. Her secret? Meal prep. She shares some family favourites, from soups and stews to oven bakes and one-pan dishes. R340 Penguin Random House
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WIN 1: Vickie
The South African Vegan Cookbook 2 by Leozette Roode
In her second book Leozette shares her vegan favourites like courgette and lemon tea loaf, lemon pepper pasta and polenta fries, as well as classics like Peppermint Crisp tart, shepherd’s pie and paptert with chakalaka.
R395 Human & Rousseau nb.co.za WIN 1: Vegan
Field Guide to Fynbos Fauna by Cliff and Suretha Dorse
This concise field guide, only available in October, covers more than 400 species in four animal groups in South Africa’s Fynbos Biome: mammals, birds, reptiles and frogs. The species accounts include key identification features and are paired with full-colour photographs and distribution maps.
R350 Struik Nature
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WIN 1: Fauna
Cupcakes & Couscous: From My Kitchen to Yours
by Teresa Ulyate
Teresa Ulyate dedicates her debut cookbook to working parents, foodies and home cooks with quick, tasty, nutritious food that is easy to prepare and bursts with flavour. There’s also a chapter on hosting an event at home, with sample menus. R450 Human & Rousseau nb.co.za WIN 1: Cupcakes
Field Guide to the Spiders of South Africa by Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman
The long-awaited, thoroughly revised and updated new edition of this book is the most comprehensive guide to South African spiders published to date. It features over 780 of the more common spider species encountered in the field and in homes and gardens, as well as representative species from some of the rarer spider families.
R480 Struik Nature
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WIN 1: Spiders
Place: South African Literary Journeys by Justin Fox
In this gripping travelogue, Justin Fox sets off to explore the places of his favourite books – from the mountainous eastern Karoo of Olive Schreiner to the dusty plains of J.M. Coetzee’s Moordenaars Karoo. R320 Umuzi penguinrandomhouse. co.za 011 327 3550
WIN 1: Place
Southern African Moths & Their Caterpillars by Herman Staude, Mike Picker and Charles Griffiths
Authoritative and informative, this book provides a overview of the moth fauna of the region. The guide features more than 1 500 of the 11 000 species occurring here and focuses on those that are most abundant, of economical or ecological importance, conspicuous or unusual.
R550 Struik Nature
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WIN 1: Moths
Blackouts & Boerewors
by Karl Tessendorf and Greg Gilowey Coetzee
Every blackout is a fire begging to be built and a family braai to happen. With some clever thinking loadshedding can go from the worst part of your day to the best.
R220 Penguin Random House
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WIN 1: Blackouts