Recipes for Love and Murder
series currently in production
Returning Series
Mystery
Crime
Drama
Seasons | 2
Episodes | 18
avg.Runtime | min
First EP | 2022-03-20
Last EP | 2025-04-14
Overview
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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.
Created by
Produced by
Both Worlds Pictures
Acorn Media Enterprises
Pirate Productions
Season List
season 1 || Season 1
Relesed on | 2022-03-20
When a woman seeking advice about an abusive husband is found dead, recipe advice columnist Tannie Maria, and her colleague, rookie journalist Jessie, spring into action, determined to solve this small town Karoo murder and catch the killer. Big city cop Khaya and his team of local police officers always find themselves just slightly behind the detecting duo, as the investigation takes us through an array of unlikely suspects.
1
Bereft Woman
2022-03-20
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.
2
Sex Cake
2022-03-29
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.
3
Do You Lick Everything?
2022-04-05
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.
4
Operation Vetkoek
2022-04-12
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.
5
A Shoe Murder
2022-04-20
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.
6
Breakfast for Dinner
2022-04-26
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.
7
Enough Sweet Potatoes
2022-05-04
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.
8
Pomegranate Juice and Vodka
2022-05-11
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.
9
Scrambled Eggs
2022-05-16
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.
10
I Only Wanted Advice, Tannie
2022-05-23
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.
CAST
charactor: Tannie Maria
Original: Maria Doyle Kennedy
Total EP: 18
charactor: Jessie September
Original: Kylie Fisher
Total EP: 18
charactor: Khaya Meyer
Original: Tony Kgoroge
Total EP: 18
charactor: Hattie Wilson
Original: Jennifer Steyn
Total EP: 10
charactor: Gordon McClintock
Original: Richard Wright-Firth
Total EP: 10
charactor: Dorette
Original: Candice van Litsenborgh
Total EP: 10
charactor: Anna Pretorius
Original: Daneel Van Der Walt
Total EP: 10
CREW
“I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.” – Walt Disney