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The JAN Guide to a Zero Waste Kitchen
Inspired by the Klein JAN team, we compiled a list of helpful guidelines to help you transform your kitchen into a zero-waste kitchen.
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Cocoa Confidential
Like wine, your experience of chocolate is influenced by where the cocoa bean grew, how long it fermented for and finally, how it was made ...
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Fuel to the Fire
Any braai master will know there’s more to cooking with fire than wood and oil. Like any artform, the choice of materials is crucial to ...
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Overfishing, Fact or Fiction?
While its force and power can so easily make us feel small, the sea still requires human help to conserve and protect all the life ...
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A more sustainable kitchen
From nutrient-dense grains to delicious meat alternatives. Here are twenty sustainable ingredients you can consider when stocking up your pantry.
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Blackout-proof Your Cooking
We don’t need an excuse to braai, for one thing, but what other heat-adjacent solutions do we have in our arsenal?
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Franschhoek Feast
This week, we pay tribute to the leg of lamb by pairing it with wines of equal gravity.
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Surviving Easter weekend
Who said Easter preparation should be a tedious task? Use our guide for a stress-free Easter gathering that will leave a lasting impression.
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In Chef’s Footsteps
Delving into the bustling world of culinary artistry, we caught up with Marizen Smit, a dynamic chef from the JAN Innovation Studio, presently lending her ...
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Connecting Through Print and Pixels
While printed media is for the readers’ exclusive enjoyment, digital is inclusive, accessible and free – it is for everyone. Exclusive or inclusive? Why not ...
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First Thursdays in the Mother City
If you find yourself in Cape Town on the first Thursday of the month ...
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The Heart of an Artichoke
The Story of the World’s Most Intriguing Thistle On the 19th of June 1575, ...
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How South Africa Feasts
We caught up with Hannes Maritz recently to get his take on what makes South Africans so unique in the way we feast, and how ...
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Party Perfect
There's no such thing as the perfect party. It's about bringing people together and creating a gathering that every one of your guests can enjoy. ...
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The JAN Father’s Day gift guide
In celebration of my father’s legacy and all the fathers out there, I’ve compiled a list of some of my special Father’s Day picks ...
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Changing Tides
The success of any business depends on the strength of its relationships with other, likeminded organisations. One of the JAN brand’s closest and most enduring ...
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THE JOURNAL GALLERY
JAN the Journal’s stunning imagery is finally available to own After three years and ...
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YOU ARE INVITED TO DINE AT RESTAURANT JAN
Over the last two years, we’ve hidden many Golden Tickets in random online orders of JAN the Journal.
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KFM BOUJEE BRAAI VIRTUAL MASTERCLASS
Food meets radio with new Kfm 94.5 partnership Cape Town, 8 December 2020 Culinary ...
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JAN THE JOURNAL VOLUME 6
JAN the Journal Volume 6 arrives shortly before the birth of KLEIN JAN, South Africa’s first Michelin-star chef, Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen’s...
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COME DINE WITH ME AT JAN INNOVATION STUDIO!
Over the last two years – in the spirit of Willy Wonka in Charlie ...
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BONKERS FOR THE BROCANTE
HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF ANTIQUING One of France’s favourite national pastimes ...
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THE WILD MISTRESS
NOTES ON THE CITY OF NICE Once upon a time, the Mediterranean Sea was ...
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MY FIRST MILE HIGH EXPERIENCE
And fascination with airline food The first flight I ever took was with SunAir, ...
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HOW NOT TO RUN A RESTAURANT
A FEW OF MY PERSONAL DOS AND DON’TS For some of us, the idea ...
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DAMPFNUDELS AND DUMPLINGS
A ROUND-THE-WORLD TRIP ON A SQUISHY DOUGH CUSHION One might be getting a bit ...
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THE MOST FAMOUS PIG’S FOOT IN PARIS
A PRE-PANDEMIC VISIT TO AU PIED DE COCHON Named after a pig’s foot, Au ...
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NAILING YOUR ROAD TRIP
ESSENTIALS TO MAKE HITTING THE ROAD A BREEZE It’s February (already!), the holidays ...
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Garnish Guru
MASTER THE COCKTAIL’S ULTIMATE FASHION ACCESSORY If cocktails were invited guests at a royal ...
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Christmas Connections
Make time for your loved ones this festive season. That’s it, another year gone ...
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All That Sparkles
A (SURPRISINGLY) FRUGAL GUIDE TO ENTERTAINING WITH BUBBLY They call it a champagne party; ...
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Let’s Get Fizzical
South Africa’s premier bubbly festival returns after a two-year hiatus It was only 50 ...
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The Scoop on Sabrage
How to Avoid a Murder Mystery Unfolding at Your Next Celebration It’s one of ...
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