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Spud Dud: How to Make Fish and (No) Chips
Happy new year, beloved readers! If your lives are nothing like ours, it was a restful period, free from the cinematic conflict and drama...

Shannon Devy
Jan 3, 20236 min read


How To Ruin Christmas: A Recipe For Disaster
Beloved readers, I am plagued by troubles. Since I moved to a lovely seaside flat in Sea Point two weeks ago, I have been operating...

Shannon Devy
Dec 16, 20223 min read


Quick Crumpets
The quickest way to win friends and hearts. By Shannon Devy Now, I’m not much of a cook. My intermittent forays into the world of home...

Shannon Devy
Dec 8, 20221 min read


Auntie Katrina’s Dogs.
A Karoo man who writes out speeding fines by day, and hit songs by night. Words: Julienne du Toit Photography: Chris Marais Boeta Gammie...

Life & Style
Dec 6, 20226 min read


A Dog’s Life.
By Mia McCarthy I'm going to start this story with a detail that is best gotten out of the way sooner rather than later: my dog was...

Life & Style
Dec 6, 20224 min read


The Call Of The Wild.
By Steve Honeysett Some say that the winds bring change and as we now move into the change of season, that would seem to be the case. The...

Life & Style
Dec 6, 20222 min read


It’s All Good Jeremy Loops.
By Dan Charles. Constantly listening and re-listening to Jeremy Loops’ latest album for this cover story has caused a major disruption...

Life & Style
Nov 26, 20226 min read


Mana Magic
By Steve Bolnick Across the vast continent of Africa there are a handful of places whose names evoke an almost spiritual awe and a deep...

Life & Style
Nov 26, 20226 min read


Take The Plunge: A Deeper Dive.
Getting beneath the surface of the art of Freediving, with Julie Gautier. Tasted the pleasures of scuba diving, but keen to learn more...

Life & Style
Nov 26, 20223 min read


Spicy Sardines On Toast
Before I even begin writing this recipe, I would like to state that this is a zero-tolerance zone for sardine slander. Sardines are a...

Shannon Devy
Nov 20, 20224 min read


Lemony Herb and White Bean Soup
Okay. I first encountered this recipe on Instagram, where author and podcaster Liz Moody posted it. She called it the "soup version of...

Shannon Devy
Nov 20, 20224 min read


Budget Bread Pizza
Look. I'll level with you. To call this pizza would insult the generations of hardworking Italian nonnas who have done nothing but bring...

Shannon Devy
Nov 8, 20224 min read


Bad Day Broccoli Noodles
Sometimes you just have a bad day that stinks. Nothing goes your way. Traffic was atrocious, your favourite rerun was taken off Netflix,...

Shannon Devy
Nov 3, 20223 min read


Very Sexy Bacon & Tomato Pasta Recipe
A beginner-friendly recipe for bacon and tomato pasta.

Shannon Devy
Oct 17, 20224 min read


Fancy French Toast
Who doesn't love toast? Who doesn't love French toast? If you learn how to make this simple but fancy recipe, you'll never be short of a...

Shannon Devy
Oct 12, 20224 min read


How To Scramble an Egg
As a seasoned (ha) home cook, I'm not ashamed to confess that one of the hardest dishes I've ever had to master is the humble scrambled...

Shannon Devy
Oct 3, 20224 min read


Fridge Leftover Wraps Recipe
If you're somebody who cooks as often and as broadly as I do, you might find yourself in a position where you have lots of inter-cuisinal...

Shannon Devy
Sep 30, 20223 min read


Zesty Pasta Al Limone
As you might have picked up from my introduction to this Issue 31 The Weekender, I am very excited about the imminent arrival of Spring...

Shannon Devy
Sep 22, 20224 min read


Beer-Battered Cauliflower with Mint & Lime Yoghurt Dip
I’m going to open with this: I have had a terrible month. A bout of savage flu tore me down for nearly two weeks and I was reduced to...

Shannon Devy
Sep 21, 20224 min read


Loadshedding Gadgets You Definitely Need
Loadshedding is hitting catastrophic levels, with Eskom warning South Africans to brace for increased outages this week. Here are some...

Shannon Devy
Sep 19, 20222 min read
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