Reflections on JAN Franschhoek
Q&A With Jan Hendrik Van Der Westhuizen By Hanfred Rauch “It is not a restaurant. It’s a home where we aim for people to meet new friends and leave feeling […]
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Stories
Don’t Be That Date
The Dos and Don’ts to Finding Your Perfect Blend Wine and Love – two of the most complicated, fascinating subjects that have been topics of conversation since the beginning of
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Honeymoon Schmoneymoon
Keeping Things Exciting When They Become A Bit Same-Old It’s been a week. Everywhere you went, people were either fretting about forgotten restaurant bookings, whether red roses are still a
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On Mimosas (No, Not The Drink)
A Closer Look at the Abundant Winter Flower Winter on the Mediterranean bears its own bounty of delights. Fewer crowds mean quieter streets, which offers one the opportunity to take
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In A Sense
We’re always told to live life to the fullest, to take time to smell the roses, and to always pursue la dolce vita.
The Julia Stiles Guide to Valentines
The Romantic Cynic’s Guide To Getting Valentines Right A Conversation with Julia Stiles To a whole micro-generation of Xennials – that awkward sub-group on the cusp of Gen-X and Gen-Y
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Lunch on The Grass
Your Cheat Sheet for Creating a Romantic Picnic The French have a knack for making things sound more romantic than they are. Consider, for instance, the word dustpan. In English,
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Game Meat Myths
FIVE MISCONCEPTIONS AROUND EATING WILD GAME We urbanites are a strange breed. When ordering a burger, a steak tartare or rump with Café de Paris butter, we seldom consider the
Birds of a Feather
A Look at the World’s Largest Bird With its enviable eyelashes and gorgeous plumage, the ostrich is a quintessential part of the South African landscape. The dusty town of Oudtshoorn
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Pear-fect Produce
Why the prickly pear is highly underrated We here at the JAN Group love experimenting with new and exciting produce as part of our guest offerings, and with the opening