It's sad that so many people consider cooking to be a boring chore, because it really is not! I find cooking up a storm of a family meal to be one of the most pleasant and productive ways to wind down after a hectic day at the office. It is so much more satisfying than cooking out of the freezer, or even worse, out of the local supermarket's deli.

Yes, Marietjie and I enjoy cooking good food. Especially traditional food. Moroccan, Mexican, Kiwi, Thai, Chinese, Italian and French, to name a few... they are all lovely, and surprisingly easy. And then there's our favourite: South African cooking.

There are two reasons why we like South African cooking. The first is that we grew up with it. The second reason is that migrants from all over the world brought their staples, flavours and techniques to South Africa over a period of three centuries, to create a truly magnificent fusion cooking.

It is fascinating to see a second wave of fusion happening to South African food: the cuisine cooked by South Africans living abroad, using local ingredients, and adding local techniques, tastes and flavours.

Marietjie and I found that South African dishes go down well with our Kiwi friends and we are frequently asked for the recipe for the dish of the day. Because almost our recipes are in Afrikaans, this required constant translation. In the end we decided to publish the recipes that we adapted and translated and this led to the birth of our Rainbow Cooking website: a collection of mostly South African recipes, in English, for people that like the tastes and flavours of migrant cooking.