Timberlake Organic Village has always been a favourite amongs locals who want to get away from it all.

Sometimes you might even have a closer encounter with nature than what you bargained for - as some visitors to Country Deli discovered recently!

While they were enjoying the fresh air, unique shopping and entertainment at Timber Village, some of the local residents decided to help themselves to the irresistable food on offer. To the enjoyment of the onlookers, these little monkeys dined in style!

I thought it was pretty cut and dried. I was wrong. You put alcohol in a pan, you cook it for a while and all the alcohol evaporates, easy…aah no not really! So I started browsing through the internet to see what it says. Some cook sites cautions that a dish with wine must be cooked long enough to remove the harshness of the alcohol. In fact, some sites wanted you to simmer and reduce the wine separately from the sauce, and add it only when it has been gently reduced to its essence. Quite a few sites just do not say how long this might take?