Events This Week In Durban

Hot Topic Open Forum - KZNSA 

ijusi – Design based in African Experience

“What makes me African, and what does that ‘look’ like?”

Please join us for an ‘Afrocentric design adventure’ with Garth Walker WEDNESDAY 22 OCT 6pm Complimentary refreshments and snacks will be served.

‘ijusi’ is a curated ‘retroflective’ of Durban-based designer and publisher,  Garth Walker’s ijusi magazine - an experimental, non-commercial design  magazine first published by Walker in 1995 that has over the years acquired  a venerated cult like following. The ijusi exhibition in Durban is a project of the KZNSA’s Social Art 2014/15  Programme, supported by the National Lotteries Distribution Trust Fund. Garth Walker - Garth Walker founded Orange Juice Design in Durban in 1995. In 2008, Walker again went solo with his new studio, Mister Walker. Walker has been  widely recognised with over 100 design awards, including a Grand Prix at the Loeries, and  published in at least 80 magazines and books. He is represented in the collections of  Museum of Modern Art, Biblioteque Nationale de France, Victoria & Albert Museum,  The Smithsonian, and numerous university and academic collections worldwide. Venue: KZNSA, 166 Bulwer Road, Tel: 031-277-1705 Free Photography Talk Support Local Movies The 48 Hour Film Project - See the Film 'Glances' by Dayakar Padayachee Venue: Suncoast Cinema 6  Cost: R55 Time: 8pm  New Book By Pieter Scholtz Out Now Missed the great book launch for Pieter Scholtz's new book?   You can get it at Adam's Musgrave Centre. Music This Week This Weekend This edition by Fred Felton (Twitter @fredfelton)

2 Big Foodie Events For The Oyster Box

OYSTER BOX Hosts Two Big Foodie Events In November

November at The Oyster Box promises to be a ‘foodie frenzy’ for lovers of fine food and wine, when it hosts two top quality guest Chefs from the Cape.  First off Christo Pretorious, Executive Chef at sister hotel, the Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa in Cape Town, is the guest chef in the Grill Room on 5 November and well-known Chef and author of numerous cookbooks, Marlene van der Westhuizen, will launch her new book, Secrets of a French Cooking Class, with a celebratory dinner in The Pearl Room on 25 November 2014.

Christo’s five-course food and wine paired evening will showcase Cape Malay spices and flavours, using KZN’s local ingredients.  On the Menu, chilled garden pea and mint Soup;  Prawn Dhal creamed cauliflower, cumin yoghurt, pineapple chutney, hydrated sultanas and verjuice and Barn Raised Quail confit leg lollipop, mushroom agnolotti, shallot puree and hazelnuts with coffee sauce.  For mains, Graaf Reinet Blesbok pearl barley, celery root, apple, shimeji mushrooms, cashew nut cream and juniper berry jus; to end Roast Peach  panna cotta, madagascan vanilla, coconut sponge, sour cream and caramelized white chocolate.  The five-course menu is R550 per person.

Marlene van der Westhuizen, divides her time between her home in Greenpoint in Cape Town and Charroux in France where she runs popular cooking classes.  With other popular titles behind her name - Abundance, Delectable and Sumptuous being the best known, her new book takes the reader-cook behind the scenes, for the inner workings of her 50^th cooking class in France.

This is Marlene’s first culinary visit to KZN and diners will get the chance to savour a

five-course menu of dishes from the new book, prepared by Oyster Box Executive Chef, Kevin Joseph and his Team, under Marlene’s watchful eye. The French-inspired menu includes her popular Gruyere & Onion Tart, Roast Beef Fillet with Potato Dauphinoise, haricot vet and creamed leeks and for dessert, Apricot & Almond Gratin.   The cost of the dinner is R 490 per person.  Marlene will introduce her menu and offer commentary throughout the evening about her experiences and food philosophy, as well as sign copies of her new book, which will be available to diners at a special price.

To book or for further information on any of the events at The Oyster Box contact (031) 514 5000 or restaurants@oysterbox.co.za


Gig Guide - Durban 

Critically Acclaimed guitar virtuoso Gary Thomas returns to Durban for
one show only. Having just completed a 6 show run at the Cape Town
Fringe Festival, he is on a short tour of Durban, Pretoria and
Johannesburg.

GARY THOMAS LIVE AT ST CLEMENTS

St Clements Restaurant
191 Musgrave Road, Durban
Fri 24th October
8pm
Door R60
Albums on sale R100 CDs or R200 for all 4 albums Digital Download
Call 031 202 2511 for bookings or email foodsmart@durbs.com


This edition by +Fred Felton