JOURNAL WORLD COOKING EXPERIENCE ↗
Cape Table.

BY WORLD COOKING EXPERIENCE ÁFRICA DO SUL

O grupo cozinha com Reuben Riffel em torno da bancada de sua casa.
Na cozinha de Reuben Riffel · Stellenbosch · 2025Arquivo WCE · edição 2025
CAPE TABLE
MEMÓRIA · 2025

ISSUE NO. 01 · SOUTH AFRICA

People,
land
and table.

Stories from the Cape, read through those who cook, cultivate, welcome and keep its memory.

Enter the issue ↘
COOKING IN SOUTH AFRICA

Twenty stories. Five movements. Encounters from the 2025 lived edition.

01 / EDITORIAL

Being welcomed
changes everything.

WORLD COOKING EXPERIENCE

This first issue starts in the Cape, at the scale of the encounters lived by World Cooking Experience in 2025. Cape Town, Constantia, Franschhoek, Stellenbosch, the Cape Peninsula and the Klein Karoo appear through people, kitchens, vineyards, streets and landscapes.

Twenty stories are gathered in five movements: entering a relationship; the land in the glass; staying at the table; learning to look; and what continues after the return. You can follow that arc or begin with one story and make your own way through the issue.

This English guide introduces the edition. The full stories preserve their original Portuguese text and the archive's dates and credits.

THE ISSUE, IN FIVE MOVEMENTS

One place.
Many ways of reading.

Read in sequence or follow a question. All twenty stories are in Portuguese.

I Entering a relationshipII The land in the glassIII Staying at the tableIV Learning to lookV What continues
I
Convidados cozinham com Reuben Riffel em torno da bancada
Na cozinha, o grupo deixou de observar de fora.Arquivo WCE · edição 2025

MOVEMENT I · CAPE TABLE

Entering a relationship

A kitchen, a recipe, a first table. Access gains meaning when it becomes participation.

  1. 01
  2. 02
    Cozinhar a memória do Cabo ↗

    Bo-Kaap · Cape Town · 6 minutos

  3. 03
    O oceano como primeira linguagem ↗

    V&A Waterfront · Cape Town · 4 minutos

  4. 04
    Comer como evento social ↗

    Cape Town · 3 minutos

II
Victor Barros com uma taça durante o encontro em Waterford.
Victor Barros com uma taça durante o encontro em Waterford.Arquivo WCE · edição 2025

MOVEMENT II · CAPE TABLE

The land in the glass

Before wine, there is soil, cultivation, decisions and people. Four readings of an origin that can be explored.

  1. 05
    Quando a origem vira percurso ↗

    Franschhoek · 3 minutos

  2. 06
    O vinho começa antes da taça ↗

    Helderberg · Stellenbosch · 7 minutos

  3. 07
    O tempo dentro da taça ↗

    Constantia · Cape Town · 6 minutos

  4. 08
    O horizonte entra na taça ↗

    Franschhoek · 3 minutos

III
O vale de Franschhoek ao pôr do sol, visto de La Petite Ferme.
O vale de Franschhoek ao pôr do sol, visto de La Petite Ferme.Arquivo WCE · primeira edição, 2025

MOVEMENT III · CAPE TABLE

Staying at the table

Technique, landscape, fire and sharing. The time spent over a meal can also be a way of understanding.

  1. 09
    Técnica sem cerimônia ↗

    Noordhoek · Cape Town · 3 minutos

  2. 10
    Uma mesa aberta para o vale ↗

    Franschhoek · 3 minutos

  3. 11
    Fogo depois da vinha ↗

    Stellenbosch · 3 minutos

  4. 12
    A última mesa sobre as vinhas ↗

    Constantia · Cape Town · 3 minutos

IV
Um participante observa a costa a partir das rochas de Cape Point.
Um participante observa a costa a partir das rochas de Cape Point.Arquivo WCE · edição 2025

MOVEMENT IV · CAPE TABLE

Learning to look

Mountain, interior, coast and wildlife. A change of scale calls for attention, context and distance.

  1. 13
  2. 14
    O outro lado das montanhas ↗

    Klein Karoo · 3 minutos

  3. 15
    Entre duas costas, sem atalhos ↗

    Península do Cabo · 3 minutos

  4. 16
    A proximidade também exige distância ↗

    Boulders · Península do Cabo · 3 minutos

V
V&A Waterfront durante a primeira edição da WCE em Cape Town
V&A Waterfront · quando o porto começa a parecer vizinhançaArquivo WCE · edição 2025

MOVEMENT V · CAPE TABLE

What continues

A coffee, a street, the harbour, a name. Small continuities that let us return without starting from zero.

  1. 17
  2. 18
    Uma cidade entre taças e ruas ↗

    Stellenbosch · 3 minutos

  3. 19
    Quando o porto vira cotidiano ↗

    V&A Waterfront · Cape Town · 3 minutos

  4. 20
    Quem nos abriu as portas ↗

    Cape Town · Constantia · Franschhoek · Stellenbosch · Helderberg · Península · 5 minutos

THE RELATIONSHIP CONTINUES

Some stories deserve
a place at your table.

Cartas da Mesa brings people, places and selected stories closer. Join by choice, at your own pace.

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The edition, its sources.

EDITORIAL HOUSE

Journal · World Cooking Experience

PUBLICATION / ISSUE

Cape Table · nº 01
Cooking in South Africa
Pessoas, terra e mesa

TEXT AND ARCHIVE

World Cooking Experience
Stories from the 2025 lived edition. Original text publication and revision dates remain visible on each story.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Arquivo WCE · edição 2025
Captions and credits follow the source publication, with confirmed identity corrections.

SCOPE

Cape Town, Constantia, Franschhoek, Stellenbosch, Península do Cabo e Klein Karoo, a partir dos encontros vividos em 2025.

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