Recipes for Love and Murder

Acorn has the first 6 episodes, but there are 10 in the season. And it looks like they aired earlier this year. So will we be getting the rest?

I've given it 10/10 because I love what I've seen so far: Fun and intriguing mystery, quirky characters, entertaining script, and great performances. But I'm a lot disappointed that we don't have the other 4 episodes.

Maria Coyle Kennedy (Tannie Maria) reminds me a lot of American actress Mary McDonnell, who I also love. Kylie Fisher is brilliant asJessie, and Arno Grieff's Regardt is clueless, sweet, and adorable. I've fallen in love with those three characters.

Charming, gloriously inclusive and just damn gorgeous. You have to accept some things about Tannie Maria. She doesn't answer questions in as straightforward a way as some would like. She solves problems by cooking her way through them and can't always articulate her solutions any other way. But if you change the pace of your expectations and indulge the complexity of the story being carefully unfolded for you, you will be introduced to deeply crafted characters portrayed by an incredible cast in a breathtaking location that (if you're not South African) you may know nothing at all about. For the people complaining about the plot (surrender to the pace because it's worth it) or diversity of characters (the horror), I am not sure what you're watching. It's a story about a place where murder is kind of the least interesting thing going on and people form genuine connections with one another. The murders don't drive the plot of every storyline or even the majority of each episode. There are simultaneous storylines happen at once. This isn't Vera (Bless her in all her glory). It's Recipes for Love and Murder and that's exactly what it's about. Plus the food looks luscious. It took me a minute (as a former farmer) to enjoy Morag, the chicken, in the kitchen but Tannie Maria's hen would never. Give yourself a treat and check this one out.

This series is charming in many ways. Like other cozy mysteries there is a cast of characters, most of whom are enjoyable company, and some of whom have quirks that you may find annoying. Personally, I enjoyed all the characters and some I found very pleasant company. The location is another plus for the series. South Africa is certainly a different setting and one I'd like to see more often.

From the trailer I'd expected a new mystery with each episode but there is basically one case for the whole ten episodes. That was okay with me, especially as there is more than one mystery to be unraveled in that time. I do hope there's a second season in which we can get to know more about the main character, played by Maria Doyle Kennedy (excellent) and the other characters.

I really enjoyed the storyline, writing, the location, characters and acting...even the music was great and offered something distinctly unique to this show. I want to learn more about the characters and I'm hopeful that there will be more seasons to come. Very charming show in spite of the fact that it's an intriguing murder mystery!

The photography is beautiful and I enjoyed the look of the scenes, like stage settings, with thoughtful color schemes...the setting in South Africa is also appreciated by this viewer as we rarely see shows depicting African countries.

Please continue with this creative and worthwhile series...I never write reviews so with luck, it will be received well!

I am a frequent visitor to the beautiful town of Prince Albert. I was there when this was being filmed. I cannot think of a better place for the crew to have filmed this. The cinematography, acting, music, direction, story - all great. I would love to see more in this series. I hope South Africans starving for great quality South African content, show their support and watch this heartwarming and charming show. Congrats to the entire team. Great fun! Please give us more...