Whether youre planning a formal dinner party, a jovial family feast or an intimate tête-à-tête, this book has you covered. Celebrated food author Marlene van der Westhuizen takes you step by step through French classics like beef tongue with mustard and caper berries, tripe and trotters in white wine and venison in red wine and chocolate sauce.

Decadent Dinners (Pan Macmillan) sells for around R120 at most good bookstores.