My adventure with roasting whole chickens in a potjie took a new turn at the weekend when I spied the dried fruit aisle and thought what I often think — that the combination of dried fruit and spices ...

You won’t be chilled to the marrow while cooking this dish. Far from it; on a hot day (such as the 31℃ Saturday we enjoyed at the weekend) you’ll need a cold beer to cool you down while the wonderful ...

Potjie, pronounced “potchee” or “poyke”, is one of my favorite meals and styles of cooking. Potjie literally translates as “small pot food” and is something we learned about from the large South ...

What are you doing this Heritage Day weekend (yes, weekend… one day just isn’t enough for us)? If you’re getting together with the family and would like to wow them with a traditional potjie, we’ve ...

Although load shedding has been downgraded to stage 4 and 5 for the weekend, planning your meals around these rolling blackouts can be exhausting. Luckily, you don’t need electricity to make this ...

It’s cold, it’s the weekend, and nothing beats a good potjie bubbling over the coals while you wait with a drink in hand. Whether you’re cooking for the crew or making sure Monday’s sorted on the ...

Potjie is a South African name for a type of stew cooked in a cast-iron three-legged pot. In Zimbabwe, which is where I am from, we use the same type of cast-iron pot, which we call ‘bhodho’, and we ...

For those who have never been introduced to a potjie, it is a three-legged, black, cast-iron pot used for cooking stews and other food. The heat source for cooking can either be a charcoal fire ...