by Leah van Deventer | Oct 31, 2022 | Portfolio
Hero, an eatery and bar that overlooks Nairobi’s spectacular skyline, has been garnering global attention since its opening in 2019, and currently places 68 in the coveted World’s 50 Best Bars long list. We chatted to Richie Barrow and Kelvin Thairu, F&B and bars...
by Leah van Deventer | Oct 19, 2021 | Portfolio
Like many before her, Mary Edith Keyburn was a staunch lover of the G&T. So much so, that when she was on her deathbed at the ripe old age of 95, her nearest and dearest smuggled in the necessary elements to her hospital and concocted the cocktail in a teacup for...
by Leah van Deventer | Oct 15, 2021 | Portfolio
Mead. The Greeks believed it was a heavenly-sent dew that was harvested by bees – messengers of the gods. The Norse thought it was the result of two dwarves murdering a magical wise man, and then brewing his blood with honey… But what exactly is it? Well, mead is...
by Leah van Deventer | Sep 22, 2021 | Portfolio
24 September is Heritage Day! What better way to celebrate than with a local-and-lekker South African drink … but do you know your amasi from your witblits? Mampoer Although made famous by the boers, this South African tipple has its roots with the Pedi people. As the...
by Leah van Deventer | Sep 21, 2021 | Portfolio
If we agree with Mark Twain’s musings in this autobiography, there’s no such thing as a new idea, we simply tweak existing concepts. Recently, a trio of professors studying innovation took this notion a step further in a research paper positing that...
by Leah van Deventer | Sep 17, 2021 | Portfolio
In 2000, Brad O’Neill, an unassuming sugarcane farmer’s son from the KZN Midlands, packed his kit and headed to the Cape, intent on tackling sports science at Stellenbosch. And tackle it he did, but – like so many Maties before him – Brad found himself more and more...