THE URBAN PICNIC IS THE NEW DINNER PARTY
It was a trend that emerged in the US around 2016 – turning the dinner party on its head by taking proceedings out into the garden – but here […]
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SNACKING SOUTH AFRICA
A TOUR OF OUR FAVOURITE SNACKS One of the best parts about creating JAN the Journal Volume 6 was going on a real, don’t-make-‘em-like-they-used-to, authentically South African road trip that
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A Touch of Glass
There are countless ways to set a table, as the (almost) infinite number of books, websites, Instagram feeds and TV programmes would attest. So much of it has to do
WHY WE DINE OUT
IN SUPPORT OF SOUTH AFRICA’S RESTAURANT INDUSTRY Unless you’ve gone the full Mosquito Coast in the last year (and are still living in hiding), it couldn’t have escaped your
THE ART OF NERIKOMI
A visit to Daniel Brand’s ceramics studio What you serve a dish on is just as important as what goes into the dish. Your experience of a meal starts
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Real Men Wear Aprons
When asked whether he wears an apron, you might hear a man utter the words, “come again?” or, “who, me?” On more articulate occasions, you might even be treated to
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GO SLOW
Our New Appetite for Slow Travel Remember the Y2K hype? All that talk about how planes would fall from the sky at midnight, how all our money would be
What (and what not) to eat to smell irresistible
Imagine your natural body odour was so irresistible that someone created a fragrance of it. Or room spray. Or scented candles. Well, that’s what happened to Gwyneth Paltrow. And not
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TALK TO THE HAND
Now as ubiquitous as using a knife and fork, hand sanitiser is a part of our lives, and it’s here to stay. We explore ways to turn this daily must-have
Death by Bobotie
A Ghost Story by Yolisa Qunta Phumla stared, horrified by the apparition in front of her. What was meant to be mille feuille oozed out as a soggy mess