Michael Olivier: A Restaurateur Remembers

One of South Africa’s foremost restaurateurs, Michael Olivier has captured the very essence of local cooking and food in this beautifully illustrated and designed book. In it he takes us on a lively and engaging ramble through a lifetime that has revolved around food and wine, people and places. Michael’s approach to food is unique. There are several recipes of traditional Cape dishes that he has reworked in his own inimitable style and many others brought about by the abundance of fresh produce available in the Cape and Australia, where he spends time consulting.Wine features strongly throughout, and wine lovers will know where to go to find an undiscovered gem in a bottle or to meet the person ‘who made it’. This book will appeal to all those interested in food and wine and in the people and places of South Africa.