A new Ottolenghi, a bath for Lady Anne and Congo fashion

What you want to know this week

Cape Town, New York and Berlin work together on a big tourism campaign 

It is the world’s first three-way destination marketing partnership, presented as a travelogue. The collaboration starts with One Small World, a documentary-style short film that “dissolves the barriers of time, distance, and geography to reveal the essence of TimeOut’s top three best cities”.

Woolworths' first stand-alone beauty shop

A new shopping destination at Waterstone Village in Somerset West – a curated beauty voyage complete with an impressive range of diverse local and international high-end luxury beauty products.

The week’s finds

#1 In his much-anticipated new book, Yotam Ottolenghi brings his inspiring, flavour-forward approach to comfort cooking, delivering new classics that taste of home.

A bowl of pasta becomes caramelised onion orecchiette with hazelnuts and crispy sage, a warming soup is cheesy bread soup with savoy cabbage and cavolo nero, and a plate of mash is transformed into garlicky aligot potato with leeks and thyme.

Weaving childhood memories and travel with over 100 irresistible recipes, Ottolenghi COMFORT is a celebration of food and home – of the connections we make as we cook and which we pass on from generation to generation. We love this book!

#2 The Tickle Tub is a proudly South African fire-driven hot tub manufactured in any colour your heart desires. With 300 colour choices, the portable, off-grid hot tub comes with a stainless steel coil that attaches conveniently to the side. At R27 000, it is a wish list item for the likes of Lady Anne Barnard, but we love it!

#3 Our favourite pen is the Pilot G-2 10 Gel Broad Nib Retractable. A packet of two costs R75 at Takealot. 

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Congo's thriving fashion industry and how Yohji Yamamoto became a symbol of hope.

#5 Fab Cape Malay restaurants in Cape Town!

#1 Bokaap Kombuis 
#2 Faeeza’s Home Kitchen 
#3 Biesmiellah @ The Lounge 
#4 Cape Kitchen and Café
#5 Jonkershuis Constantia 

What are we eating this week?

Spaghetti with anchovy cream and lemon 

Readers will know about our passion for anchovies and now there is this creamy pasta dish!

Ingredients

Half a packet of spaghetti, two tins of anchovies in olive oil, and three large or six smaller garlic cloves. The zest and juice of one to two lemons, a big knob of butter and grated Parmesan, enough for the cream and to serve extra.

Quote of the week

#7 Witticisms from Maggie Smith

#1 No Englishman would dream of dying in someone else's house.

#2 Speak your mind even if your voice shakes.

#3 There is a kind of invisible thread between the actor and the audience; when it's there, it's stunning, and there is nothing to match that.

#4 At my age, one must ration one’s excitement.

#5 What is a weekend?

#6 I tend to head for what's amusing because many things aren't happy. But usually, you can find a funny side to practically anything.

#7 Glenn Close isn't an actress – she's an address.

Video of the week

Ian McKellen's imitation of Maggie Smith on The Graham Norton Show.

Til next week.

♦ VWB ♦

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