Recipes for Love and Murder

2022 - 2025

Bereft Woman

20th March 2022

Episode 1

Tannie Maria Purvis has just lost her job as recipe-writer for the local paper so turns her talents to the advice column instead. One of the first letters leads her to an abused woman whose life may be in danger.

Sex Cake

29th March 2022

Episode 2

Tannie Maria has grave doubts about the police's investigation, but is distracted by a lovelorn farmer who needs a little sweetness in his life. Jessie's drive for investigative journalism lands her and Maria in the middle of a shootout.

Do You Lick Everything?

Episode 3

Tannie and Jessie have some awkward questions to answer at the police station after another murder. Jessie's mother has a mystery at work that needs solving.

Operation Vetkoek

12th April 2022

Episode 4

The community says goodbye to Lawrence and Martine's cousin arrives to take charge of her funeral. Maria and Jessie attempt to interview a befuddled Dirk and Maria uses mince to solve a teenage identity crisis.

A Shoe Murder

20th April 2022

Episode 5

Tannie Maria and Jessie take their shoes off before they sneak into a house. Later She comes home and finds her missing shoes sitting on her front porch cut in half as a warning. She reports her murdered shoes to detective Khaya.

Breakfast for Dinner

26th April 2022

Episode 6

Dirk and Anna drive the police to distraction. The town attends Martine's funeral but then there's a near death at the reception. Khaya and Maria share their suspicions.

Enough Sweet Potatoes

Episode 7

Hattie fights off an attempt at censorship by the town council. The sinister messages from Scotland continue to plague Maria, while she tries to resolve a family feud.

Pomegranate Juice and Vodka

Episode 8

The relentless attention from Scotland is starting to get to Maria, while she tries to help a woman in danger of losing her faith. Jessie's life is put in real danger.

Scrambled Eggs

Episode 9

A frantic search is on for Jessie. Revelations start to make sense of the mystery of Martine's death, as well as Maria's past.

I Only Wanted Advice, Tannie

Episode 10

A terrified Maria flees into the bush just as the police arrive. The search for Jessie continues into the night and the entire community rallies. Maria's past catches up to her.

Top Cast

Maria Doyle Kennedy•Kylie Fisher•Tony Kgoroge

Writer

Karen Jeynes

Mystery Crime Drama

Tannie Maria sees food as "medicine for the body and heart". She envies romance as much as she enjoys cooking and eating. But it's death that shakes up Tannie Maria's life, when one of the correspondents to her column is brutally murdered.

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Full Cast

Maria Doyle Kennedy Image

Maria Doyle Kennedy

Tannie Maria

Kylie Fisher Image

Kylie Fisher

Jessie September

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Tony Kgoroge

Khaya Meyer

Full Crew

Karen Jeynes

Script Coordinator

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Annie Griffin

Script Consultant

Sally Andrew

Novel

Thierry Cassuto

Producer

Karen Jeynes

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