Savor the unique fusion of flavors that defines South African cuisine, a delicious reflection of its multicultural history and diverse communities.
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Where Continents Collide on a Plate
This series, Flavors of South Africa: A Culinary Crossroads, traces how centuries of migration, colonization, and trade built one of the world's most layered food…
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Fire Smoke and the National Pastime
South Africa is the only country in the world with a national holiday dedicated to barbecue.
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Cape Malay Kitchens of the Cape
Bobotie, South Africa's most iconic baked dish, traces its roots to the enslaved people brought from Southeast Asia to the Cape by Dutch colonists in the seventeenth…
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Bread Bowls Born from Apartheid Restrictions
Bunny chow exists because of racial segregation.
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Three Valleys That Changed Winemaking
The oldest wine-producing region outside of Europe started here in 1659, when the Dutch East India Company's first vines took root in Cape Town's Company Garden.
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Dried Meat That Outlasted an Empire
Biltong predates refrigeration by centuries.
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Two Oceans One Extraordinary Seafood Coast
South Africa is the only country where two major oceans meet at its shores, and that collision of the cold Benguela Current from the Atlantic and the warm Agulhas…
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