soups

We’re into our second month of autumn and soon, as the days begin to grow shorter and colder, we’ll begin turning to the winter foods we all love so much - stews, curries and soups. Of course we can enjoy these dishes any time of the year, and one such dish that should be enjoyed all year round because of its purported health benefits, is bone broth.

AfrikaBurn is an official Burning Man event, held annually in the Tankwa Karoo National Park. The very first Burning Man event was held in 1986 in San Francisco – initially, a bonfire ritual which saw the burning of a large wooden effigy (‘The Man’) on the summer solstice, the gathering grew in popularity until it eventually found its way to Reno. There, every year, it is hosted at Black Rock City – a temporary city erected in the Black Rock Desert of northwest Nevada.

Today we take it for granted that a good many restaurants will cater for our children in terms of palate choices and portion sizes, but has this always been the case? I’m sure if you think back to when you were a child, there didn’t seem to be that many eateries that encouraged visits with little ones, but in today’s modern society a growing number of restaurants are realising that if they want the parents to dine out, then they should cater for the children as well. So when did the idea of the kids’ menu begin?