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Buon appetito!: Chef Ashton Frodsham and his team took weeks to work out the menu at Pink Mama’s, which
uses seasonal ingredients. Photo: Taff Studios

Come home to Mama’s

From screen to plate … this restaurant brings Italy to the heart of Johannesburg

Buon appetito!: Enrico Persegani, the chef at new Sandton restaurant Sinn

Fusion food without the confusion

A new restaurant takes a chance by combining classic Italian with contemporary innovation

The craftily tucked-away Super Sconto restaurant.

Banking on an Italian supply store

Italian grocery shop Super Sconto (Super Discount) on Louis Botha has a restaurant, but you would never know it from the front of the building.

SA should have scored three more tries against the Wallabies

A little pasta sell-by date

Old mom-and-pop Italian eateries in Parow and Sea Point look as though they belong in the 1970s but the food isn’t half bad.

Talking Italian: Emma Freddi is continuing the good work of teaching students about the joys of Italian cooking.

Lessons in a fine Italian art

Folding tortellini is a tricky pasta craft, but this school of Italian cookery knows some crafty pasta tricks.

Zimbabwean police clash with MDC supporters at the high court in Harare.

Italy minister’s comments about food leaves chefs simmering

Junior Minister for Culture Ilaria Borletti Buitoni has chastised Italian chefs for trying too hard to be fashionable and copying the French.

In the box: Loading up with the Italian treats  provided by Tia Amici.

Fired up for Italian fare

There’s an odd thing that happens outside Rosebank Fire Station on Tuesdays. At noon, a crowd forms, a little like a flash mob, in search of lunch.

Talking Italian: Mitico Pizzeria e

Confused but content

Italian cuisine is as varied as the names for pasta, but you can’t go wrong in an authentic trattoria.

Tomatoes are the stars of the X-factor

Tomatoes are the stars of the X-factor

There are almost as many recipes for tomato sauce as there are cooks.

Let us prey

Let us prey

An epic Italian feast, accompanied by a classic film, recalled a bygone era.

The feast that is Florence

The feast that is Florence

The art in this beautiful city evokes a world of decadence and indulgence. And so does the cuisine.

The true gospel of word of mouth

The true gospel of word of mouth

Tortellini d’Oro is arguably Johannesburg’s finest Italian restaurant.