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Our guest today: Aysa Safal

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Today we had lunch with Aysa Safal. The person who changed our lives. The woman who made all of this possible. Many moons ago she made Mauritz walk into the ocean and willed him out of the west coast waters with a lobster in one hand. Our honeymoon. She also made him pack  a whisk, an egg and a small bottle of olive oil in the camping gear. She was the one that spurred us on till we had that perfect mayonnaise.  And she must have watched and winced at our lack of decent clothing.  Today we wanted to remember her smells, her influence, her love. We wanted to celebrate the huge impact she had on Mauritz's tastebuds. She is the one that made sure that I stay out of the kitchen. Also that both our children show a keen interest in being curious about food.  Our family wanted to give thanks to her open hands, her life, her dedication to food and her kindness. And the only way to do this, was to have a kind of  wedding . A big celebratory Cape Malay wedding under the trees.  Starter tabl