PESTO SOBA NOODLES WITH KALE AND LEMON

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This might be one of those dishes that they call a weeknight winner. It’s so quick and easy to make and packed with leafy, green goodness. If you don’t have soba noodles, you can use normal spaghetti or tagliatelle, or even rice noodles or gluten-free if that is your thing. You can also substitute the kale for spinach or cabbage. I used the pesto left ov[...]
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Claire Gunn Lokal in Baardscheerdersbosch

LOKAL in Baardscheerdersbosch

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Have you ever had a dream of moving to the country and buying a piece of land to grow your own veggies and live a more peaceful, simple life in harmony with nature? That is what Stanley and Lainy did in the tiny, far-out village of Baardskeerdersbos in the Overberg. Now they are hosting pop-up dinners there, using ingredients straight out of their gard[...]
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Macro culinary photography

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These images were created very early on in my photographic explorations and this collection remains one of my most treasured.  I dined at Haute Cabriere one evening when Chef Ryan Shell was heading up the kitchen team. The images were lit mostly by candles and I used a x4 and x 10 magnifying lens to capture the magnificent subterranean world of light and[...]
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Claire Gunn

RED VELVET NICE CREAM PARFAIT

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This post is unashamedly about celebrating my love for pink flowers and my cravings for beetroot. What human doesn’t get cheered up by the overzealous explosion of fuchsia in the generous beetroot? Fynbos flowers are my sweet joy, especially pink and grey varieties…so yes, I loved making a healthy beetroot smoothie and nice cream parfait, but we know[...]
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Claire Gunn 2017 Andy Fenners' food origins

Food origins with Andy Fenner

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I decided to educate myself more about the origin of the food that we eat. Starting with the most debated ingredient – animals. It is not the average man who knows what the cow or chickens’ conditions of living is. It’s nice to think about the lush meadowy life that we’d like to envision our cattle romping around in. But mostly its not like that, an[...]
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Beetroot and ginger jook with peas and basil

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I’ve recently been on a rice porridge mission. Congee is an ancient food with an expansive history. All variations are rice and water porridges eaten in many Asian countries as a breakfast, lunch or dinner staple.  It is also known to be served to those who are ill as well as to babies and the elderly because it is healing, easy to digest and full[...]
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Claire Gunn Dutch east Franschhoek

Kitchen life at Dutch East in Franschhoek

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I recently went to Franschhoek for a hotel shoot and popped out into the fairy lit streets of the strip on the main road looking for a place to be delighted for dinner. I walked past Dutch East for the first time and decided to be enticed by the warm glow and casual dining sprawling out onto the sidewalk. Upon first greeting by co-owner Sainkie I was take[...]
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claire Gunn Amsterdam

Amsterdam by night

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Getting to Amsterdam was a result of visualisation becoming manifest – here is the story I did about it… I love the city of Amsterdam. It seems mostly like a movie set and is odd to believe that people actually live there. The buildings are skinny and skew and the sounds of ringing bicycle bells accompany the jangle of the crowds of bikes as they rid[...]
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Claire Gunn 2017 Cedarberg Jamaka Oranges

Cedarberg mountain road trip

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If you love road-tripping and being out in Nature, far away from buildings and noise, then you will enjoy a trip to the Cedarberg. We went on assignment to Thi Art coffee in Maskam and we decided to arrive early and spend some quiet time at Jamaka organic orange and mango farm. All that you see is mountains, fynbos, open skies and open roads. We were[...]
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