Author: Dax
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June 2008 Newsletter available
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Consumer Protection Bill and GMOs
The SA Consumer Protection Bill origionally included a clause regarding the labelling of food containing GMOs. This clause was removed and we need to put pressure on the decision makers to reinstate it again. Even if you ignore the debate about whether GMOs are safe or not, surely it is the right of every consumer…
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What Would Jesus Buy review
I haven’t watched a documentary for a little while. The screening of this one is another project of While You Were Sleeping. What Would Jesus Buy looks at consumerism in American Culture by following the cross country crusade of Reverend Billy of the church of Stop Shopping. Reverend Billy and his choir travel the country…
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Shoga review
Most people have heard of Ginja, which has been voted in the SA top ten for the last 5 years or so. What you may not know, is that Shoga upstairs, has the same owners and executive chef (Mike Basset). Mike is also the executive chef for the restaurant which has replaced Au Jardin at…
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Simon’s review
The other day a friend phoned me and invited me to join her and some others for lunch at Simon’s at Groot Constantia. I readily accepted the invitation, in expectation of great company and good food. But as I was driving there, I began to worry a little about the potential price of the meal.…
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Chandani review
I’ve only heard rave reviews about Chandani since it opened in Woodstock a few months ago. Unfortunately that raised my expectations quite a bit, resulting in a slightly disappointing experience. Not a bad experience, just not as good as I was expecting. Woodstock can be a little dodgy (just heard last week about someone being mugged…
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Cheese Festival 2008 review
My finely honed instincts with respect to Cape Town events served me well once again. I turned down several invitations to the cheese festival on Saturday and Sunday, choosing instead to go on Monday. My reasoning was that because the weather was good on the weekend, most people would take advantage of it and attend…
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The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2008
The listing of the best restaurants in the world for 2008 has been released. Last year, Le Quartier Francaise in Franschoek was placed 47th (38th the year before that). This year it just scrapes in at position 50. You can read my review here. Last year Bosman’s in Paarl made it onto the list at…
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Genetic modification reduces crop productivity
I haven’t posted anything about GM foods for a while, which is surprising considering that it’s one of my pet topics. I was a little disappointed at the lack of interest in my poll on whether people are happy to eat GM foods or not. The number of responses was only about 30% of the…
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Stuffed and Starved review
What makes Stuffed and Starved more than just an excellent read is that the author, Raj Patel, is South African. This means that some of the examples he uses to illustrate some of his points are from a South African context rather than the the list of countries generally cited. That’s not to say he…