Woolworths TASTE

Woolworths TASTE is a multi-award-winning magazine, produced by New Media for South African retailer, Woolworths. Each special edition features more than 50 inspiring and delicious recipes - from quick and easy weeknight dinners for the family to indulgent weekend meals to share with friends. There's always room for a dessert or fool-proof bake too! For more visit taste.co.za

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Woolworths TASTE

Move over, pumpkin spice • Need some inspiration to unpack your jerseys? Follow contributing food editor Khanya Mzongwana's newsletter takeover, where she will be sharing irresistible menus designed for autumn

Dream a little dream • Conjure an Easter table that is a wonderland of curious crockery, storybook blooms and unexpected, whimsical dishes. Serve jelly cocktails, fresh “pickled” tuna and an oversized chicken-and-gammon pie. Then swap the lamb roast for moussaka and let meringue clouds float away…

Off the Menu • EAT THIS, DRINK THAT, BUY THESE. RIGHT NOW.

SO HOT RIGHT NOW On our radar • Long-weekend plans? Allow us to add a few more items to your itinerary, including our latest binge-watch, hot restaurant hit list and a favourite new vehicle for Fantastical eggs

ADD TO BASKET • Go on, hop to it with these classic Easter treats, whatever your budget

ANATOMY OF A DISH Cheese like… • The deceptively simple cold-smoked burrata salad at Embarc in Parkhurst is much more than a sum of its parts – it's chef-patron Darren O'Donovan's ever-evolving love letter to seasonal produce

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT Herring • Behind every butter-fried kipper, pickle-studded rollmop and satisfying smørrebrød, is a humble little fish that delivers on flavour – and is sustainable to boot

5 WAYS WITH… Hot cross buns • The ubiquitous Easter pastry is ready for its remix – think hot-honey crispy chicken, a matcha ice-cream sandwich, and a cinnamon-bun situation you'll be playing on repeat

COOK THE COVER The hot cross slider • If you think Woolies' hot cross buns are only for spreading with butter, and maybe adding some cheese, think again. These hot-honey chicken hot cross sliders are about to become your latest obsession

The Taste case • All the pairings for your long-weekend entertaining are sorted with the WCellar team's wine selection, including a splurge-worthy Chenin and an iconic juicy red blend from the Swartland

91 WORDS ON… THE ELDERFLOWER-AND-MINT JULEP • The original mint julep kicks like a horse (it's the traditional drink of the Kentucky Derby, after all). Here, it receives a fresh twist and some length, making it perfect for slow, unhurried sipping on lazy late-summer days, all the way into autumn, says Jeanne Calitz

WHAT TO DRINK Season of sangria • Need some easy weekend lubrication? Jeanne Calitz recommends a jug of sangria, reinvented and chilled overnight, as the perfect late-summer welcome drink

A sweet ending • As she recalls the happy lessons of her youth, preparing for Ramadan in her mom's kitchen, content creator and cookbook author Fehmida Jordaan shares this easy, impressive make-ahead dessert, perfect for both iftar or Eid

A tide of memories • An easy South African -Greek seafood recipe is the way Sam Woulidge likes to feed long - weekend visitors at her family's seaside home filled with so many childhood memories of holiday meals

ENTER THE GATES • In search of Cape Town's most revered gatsby, crayfish curry made famous on TikTok, and everything in between, Khanya Mzongwana headed to Gatesville. These are the nine culinary locations that made her hit list

Kings of the hill. • No one expected it of a family-run restaurant on a guest estate in the hills of KwaZulu-Natal, yet just five years in, The LivingRoom at Summerhill was named...