Family ties
“ We’ll all come together in the house to share a casual meal made with ingredients I always have on hand ”
Now, more than ever, retreating from the world to spend precious time with her family is important to TASTE food director Abigail Donnelly. She shares her home in Glencairn, Cape Town, with husband Terry and their two teenage sons, Matthew (13) and Jack (18).
Happily, Terry’s dad Michael now lives not far down the road in Simon’s Town. A photographer and videographer, Michael’s return to South Africa 18 months ago, after having lived in New York for 25 years, has been a great gift to the family – and an opportunity for them all to share their love of cooking at regular family meals.
Get-togethers, either at Michael’s home or at Abi and Terry’s, take place most weekends – when life permits. And they are as fuss-free as you can get… or at least as fuss-free as a gathering of five people who love to cook and eat great food will ever be.
“When we’re at Mike’s place he does all the cooking, and Terry and I do everything when we’re at our house,” says
