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Sunday, June 8, 2025

Nervous about using the bathroom at work? A gastroenterologist shares advice

If you have coffee with breakfast in the morning, and exercise before work or perhaps sprint around to catch the train, you’re physiologically priming yourself to poop on company time.

The Washington Post|Published

Blessed with a trinity of eggy Benedictions

Eggs Benedict has come a long way from its origin as a hang over cure. The legend has it one Benedict, feeling decidedly under the weather, ordered it at one of New York’s swanky hotels at the height of America’s gilded age.

Frank Chemaly|Published

A taste of home, served with heart

For your perfect Sunday roast, expect perfectly roasted meats, golden crispy potatoes, seasonal vegetables, fluffy Yorkshire puddings and a rich, slow-simmered gravy.

Staff Reporter|Published

Ukrainian chef fights to save his country’s cuisine

Klopotenko, 38, is tall and lanky, with a mop of curly hair and fingernails painted in blue and yellow, the colors of the Ukrainian flag. This is, after all, the man who in 2020 started the petition with UNESCO to recognize borshch as part of Ukrainian national heritage, and got his wish in 2022

The Washington Post|Published

High tea joins the mile-high club

I received the most unusual invitation - high tea at 36 0000 feet. Yes the Oyster Box Hotel was piloting a promotion of high tea on a Lift flight from Durban to Cape Town. What a wonderful idea.

Frank Chemaly|Published

A big voice comes home

This week gives South Africans a chance to hear a local soprano who is making waves on the music scene in the United States.

Frank Chemaly|Published

Cannes dress code claims Halle Berry as its first victim

Just one day before its Tuesday opening ceremony, the Cannes Film Festival changed the rules of its always-controversial dress code, in a move certain to send celebrity stylists into anaphylactic shock. Nudity is barred from the red carpet “for reasons of decency. ”

The Washington Post|Published

Durban becoming key player in global travel

Discover how Durban is emerging as a key player in global travel and trade, with increasing demand for international connectivity and a diverse range of destinations.

Staff Reporter|Published

When the bridge gang hit the pub

At Franks Speakeasy, the menu took in many of the sticky, hearty, finger licking classics that make up the gastro pub genre.

Frank Chemaly|Published