Recipes for Love and Murder

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.

Production Companies

Both Worlds Pictures

Acorn Media Enterprises

Pirate Productions

Episodes

Cast

Bereft Woman

1. Bereft Woman

45min

20th Mar 2022

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

2. Sex Cake

45min

29th Mar 2022

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?

3. Do You Lick Everything?

46min

5th Apr 2022

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

4. Operation Vetkoek

44min

12th Apr 2022

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

5. A Shoe Murder

48min

20th Apr 2022

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

6. Breakfast for Dinner

44min

26th Apr 2022

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

7. Enough Sweet Potatoes

45min

4th May 2022

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

8. Pomegranate Juice and Vodka

45min

11th May 2022

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

9. Scrambled Eggs

42min

16th May 2022

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

10. I Only Wanted Advice, Tannie

48min

23rd May 2022

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.

First air date

20th Mar 2022

Last air date

17th Mar 2025

Status

Returning Series

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks