A taste of murder: Making Hertzoggies from Recipes for Love and Murder

Actions speak louder than words. This was a phrase J.B.M. Hertzog, former prime minister of South Africa, clearly did not live by. In the 1920s, he promised equal voting rights to women and to the Coloured community. He fulfilled the first promise, but not the second. So why the history lesson? Because the second-last recipe from Recipes for Love and Murder was Hertzoggies, named after this not-so-esteemed gentleman.

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A taste of murder: Making Wellington from Recipes for Love and Murder

What an unmitigated disaster. The latest dish from Recipes for Love and Murder was Beef Wellington, except they use kudu instead of beef in the show. I was not going to attempt hunting down kudu, and since I’d never made Wellington before, I chose to go old school.

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