The Easter weekend comes as a welcome respite from a hectic start to 2010. It gives one time to read, to sleep late, to organise your garden and wardrobe and to enjoy a leisurely brunch.

We have a delightful Brunch Menu for you that features a variety of Smoothies, an aromatic Kedgeree, Bacon and Mushroom Panini, Poached Eggs on Bagels and a stunning Tomato and Red Pepper Bake. Ina's Choice showcases a cake to die for. Vanilla Cake filled with a baked cheesecake filling, topped with almonds in lemon sugar. Do watch the video for clear instructions - you cannot go wrong with this ultimate Easter Treat.

Fair Lady's Test House rated our Vanilla Cake the best! We are delighted with this recognition, thank you to the taste panel. Families of all sizes and income groups are discovering the health and economic benefits of cooking at home, but the mysteries of wine selection remains just that! Michael Olivier has been a good friend and food fundi for many years. He has also had experience in the supermarket wine domain.

'The Peoples Guide' is a consumer friendly wine book aimed at demystifying wine. It provides tasting notes and information on 561 wines selected from a list of 1 200. It covers all the major wine categories - whites, reds, sparklies etc. Under R50 wines are given in each category. I like the idea of being able to see the wine labels for easy recognition on the shelf. The book sells for R99 and five of our subscribers will each win a book this month. For more information or to order contact Michael at michaelolivier@iafrica.com

We are hard at work on new product and packaging development - as soon as all this testing and agonising is over you will be the first to know which new delights we have in store for you!

Enjoy the mellow days of Autumn, recharge your batteries and do bake this month's cake!

Best regards and good cooking.