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Foodie Hillary Biller Interviews Jane Griffiths, Author of Jane's Delicious Garden
by Ceri on 16 Mar 2010 |
Food fundi Hillary Biller talks to three green ladies about their gardens and gardening secrets: Jane Griffiths, author of Jane’s Delicious Garden; Pat Featherstone, author of Grow to Live; and Emilia le Roux, author of A Farm in My Heart. Here’s the Griffin portion of the article:“Having a vegetable garden has really made me feel more connected to the world. It centres me, grounds me. When I'm away I really miss my garden. If I get back late at night I take a torch and go and look at it,” says Jane rubbing a couple of gem squash between her fingers. “It's about a sense of discovery, which is constantly changing.”
“Before I’d grown gem squash myself I never knew that they are covered with minute prickly hairs. Did you?” asks Jane passing me one.
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- Jane’s Delicious Garden: An organic guide to growing your own food by Jane Griffiths
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Save With Online Architects, Inhouse Plans
by Amanda on 11 Mar 2010 | _thumb.jpg?id=_8kp3mO52&key=AH0qf5wWOZiSRkREvgWVeyWXt9XhSVhSaA)
Preview a wide selection of themed and plain house plans at Inhouse plans, including the minimalist Architect’s Choice:This is a double storey, four bedroom family house. It is ideal for a site with a view or magnificent garden. The house totally opens up to the view but shields off the road and public domain. The design is highly contemporary with a strong corporate flair. The layout is ideally suited for South African living, with an open plan that continues uninterrupted to the outside living areas. All the rooms face north and lead out on patios or balconies. The full glass façade captures maximum sun in the winter, whilst the accurately calculated roof and balcony overhangs cut out solar heat gain in summer and late spring.
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- South African House Plans 2 by Inhouse plans
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EAN: 9781770077812
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Craig Jarvis Interviews Surfer Jordy Smith
by Ceri on 10 Mar 2010 | 
Craig Jarvis, co-author of South African Surf, knows a thing or two about the best waves, and wave riders, in SA. Here he interviews Jordy Smith for World Pro Surfers:WPS: Of all the places you’ve surfed in the world, what is your favourite surf spot?
Jordy: “My favourite surf spot has to be my home break, New Pier. It’s where I grew up surfing, and it’s where I get to surf with all my friends. If I had to choose another favourite surf spot it would have to be J-Bay.”
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- South African Surf: The Swell Seeker’s Guide by Craig Jarvis, Daniel Beatty
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EAN: 9781919938592
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Image courtesy Surfermag.com- South African Surf: The Swell Seeker’s Guide by Craig Jarvis, Daniel Beatty
Bongiwe Mchunu Reviews Basotho People at Work by Rene Gosselin
by Jani on 05 Mar 2010 | 
Verdict: carrot. Book: unusual.This book is about the Basotho people of the kingdom of Lesotho: how they live, play and work amid the beautiful landscapes. They come across as hard- working and peace-loving.
The pages and pictures are well co-ordinated in their layout. Gosselin’s skill shows in the way his subjects are relaxed as they go about their daily lives as he documents them; one can see that the photographer spent time with them, learning about their ways before documenting their lives.
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- Basotho People at Work by Rene Paul Gosselin
EAN: 9780620453899
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The Fifth Pride Book Fair, A Beautiful Affair in Kalk Bay
by Liesl on 02 Mar 2010 | 
The Fifth Annual Pride Book Fair was surely a highlight on Cape Town Pride 2010’s event calendar. Emcee Odidiva sparkled as he introduced the authors and editors of the growing body of South African GLBTI literature.He reflected that the Book Fair is one of those slightly more serious events. “It’s a little more toned down and we get to deal with our issues and talk about them. And how many issues there are indeed. I’ve never heard of homophobia being so prominent in the news as in the last three months. Everywhere you turn, there’s drama out there. Malawi – damn! Kenya – pshewwwww! It just hasn’t stopped.”
He said, “We’re lucky in this beautiful country to be protected, to be allowed to be who we are. But now, as the son of a preacher and it being a Sunday, I’m so glad we’re getting to discuss topics like self image and shame with the heavyweights of literature here tonight”.
Miriam Dancing is a moving collection of narratives by lesbian, bisexual and transgender women who tell their personal stories of love and hope. Elise van Wyk started by lighting a candle to commemorate the 31 South African lesbians who, despite legal protection, had been killed in hate crimes. “I do this every time I do a presentation,” she said, “and every time, there are more women to be remembered.” Referring to a chapter in the book, “We Weep for our Sisters”, she said, “We honour them; they are not here to tell their stories.”
A slide show presented exquisite images of women who love women, alone and together, at work and breaking bread, at play and in embrace. The candid photography was tender, sensual and intimate, inspiring a sense of the vibrant and sacred lives of its subjects.
Odidi paid tribute to Kalk Bay Books and all the other independents that historically provided an outlet for the kind of literature he wanted to read.
Zinaid Meeran, author of Saracen at the Gates, cycled to Kalk Bay as part of his training for the Argus cycle tour. After tucking his bicycle in between the book shelves, he read from his debut novel. won the 2009 EU Literary Award and raised appreciative chuckles at the detailed description of “glazed erotic trances” and uncles perving over expanses of naked young flesh.
He spoke of the oddness that was his youth, marooned between the deep green ocean of sugar cane on one side of a narrow strip of KwaZulu-Natal coast, and the deep blue sea on the other. His Afrikaans grandfather, Coloured mother and Indian father (who seldom emerged from peanut-popping on the Lazyboy) didn’t make things easier. “I was confused on a number of fronts. I had no idea why people expected me to be a man; I couldn’t figure out why they thought I was Indian. I just didn’t get it. I knew I was all those things – Afrikaner, Coloured and Indian.” He said his book was a battle cry for those without racial, sexual or gender identity. “It’s for those who know they are something made up of fragments of history – those who have first hand experience of roots anarchy.”
Next up was Charl Marais and Joy Wellbeloved, co-editors of TRANS, launched in the Whale Well at Iziko last year. Marais talked about how the 26 contributors to this book experienced doctors and social workers who were ill-informed and didn’t know what treatment or advice to offer; familial bewilderment and colleagues who didn’t know how to deal with them; as well as religious leaders who prescribed guilt and damnation. He concluded: “Although transgenderism is classified as a psychiatric disorder, there’s nothing that a hormone pill and a surgeon’s scalpel can’t fix!”
The final contribution was a short story “Sweet is the Night Air”, the latest publication from independent publisher Robin Malan, who relit the candle to honour the event. Junkets Publisher’s Yes, I Am! was compiled by Malan with Ashraf Johaardien, and includes luminaries like Damon Galgut, André Carl van der Merwe, Gerald Kraak, K Sello Duiker, Zackie Achmat, David Lan, Peter Krummeck, Shaun de Waal and Pieter-Dirk Uys.
As book lovers and gay lovers filed out in the night, the full moon rising over the Helderberg sent silvery rays over the sea. It wasn’t too much of a stretch to imagine that Artemis had lingered between the shelves with a glass of Leopard’s Leap, heartily approving of the festivities.
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- Saracen at the Gates by Zinaid Meeran
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- TRANS: Transgender Life Stories from South Africa edited by Ruth Morgan, Charl Marais, Joy Rosemary Wellbeloved
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- Miriam Dancing compiled by Elise van Wyk
- Yes, I Am!: writing by South African gay men edited by Robin Malan, Ashraf Johaardien
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- Saracen at the Gates by Zinaid Meeran
Eat Healthy with Recipes from Dietician Ria Catsicas
by Amanda on 19 Feb 2010 | 
Dietician Ria Casticas is big on healthy eating habits. Not only is she the author of The Complete Nutritional Solution to Diabetes, which looks at the key role nutrition plays in the management of diabetes, but she’s also made several great tasting and healthy recipes available to Shape readers. Here are two to get you started!
Lentil bake
This delicious vegetarian dish is packed with protein and fibre
Serves 6 to 8
15ml olive/canola oil
½ onion (100g), chopped
2 X 410g cans of brown lentils, drained
500g cubed butternut
10ml (2t) paprika
3ml (1/2t) cayenne pepper
5ml (1t) cumin
10 ml (2t) curry powder
1 X 50g packet (2 T) tomato paste
½ x 410 g tin whole tomatoes, drained and mashed
Salt, pepper and a pinch of sugar
3 eggs
125ml (½ cup) fat-free milkCook the butternut and mash. Heat the olive oil in a pan and sauté the onions until soft but not brown. Add all spices, lentils, whole tomatoes and tomato puree to the onions and mix with the mashed butternut. Season with salt, pepper and sugar. Spoon the mixture into an oven proof dish or bread pan.
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- The Complete Nutritional Solution to Diabetes by Ria Catsicas
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Resensies: drie wortels vir drie tuinboeke
Uitspraak: groen wortels
Dit is nogal ’n uitdaging om ’n tuinboek te publiseer wat werklik al die uiteenlopende streke van Suid-Afrika in gedagte hou.
Marianne Alexander se Tuinmaak in Suid-Afrika deur die jaar slaag in ’n groot mate daarin om iets vir tuiniers oor die land heen te bied.
Die boek bied ’n maand-vir-maand-gids van wat in die tuin gebeur, tuintake vir die spesifieke maand, wat om in die kombuis- en vrugtetuine te doen, die geurtuin, plae wat in daardie tyd beheer moet word en wat daardie maand blom.
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- Tuinmaak in Suid-Afrika deur die jaar deur Marianne Alexander
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- Immergroen: Stories oor plante by Dave Pepler
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- Healing Trees & Plants of the Lowveld by David Cumes, Rael Loon, Dries Bester
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Podcast: Tymon Smith Interviews Nikki Temkin on Chic Jozi
Sunday Times Books Editor Tymon Smith speaks to Nikki Temkin, author of Chic Jozi, about what to do and where to go in Johannesburg. Listen:
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- Chic Jozi: The savvy style companion by Nikki Temkin
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Eat Well with The Whole Food Almanac and Slow Food
Michelle Matthews is a lifesaver to those of us whole organic, healthy foods in the Cape. Her The Whole Food Almanac is filled with tips and the details of over 200 restaurants, suppliers and markets that provide wholesome foods. In the spirit of all things green and beneficial we bring you a delicious recipe from Slow Food CSA. Happy shopping and chopping!
RECIPE OF THE WEEK: ZUCCHINI, PEAR & GINGER SOUP
I usually don’t feel like soup in summer, but this one is unbelievably light and flavourful, and can be served cold or warm. Substitute apples for pears if you like. This recipe originally came from Taste Magazine.
Serves two
350g zucchini, finely sliced
2cm fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped
½ onion, chopped
1 large apple or pear, peeled, cored and chopped
vegetable stock or water
cream to serve (optional)
basil leaves, torn
In a medium pot, in a little olive oil, sauté the onion until softened. Add the zucchini, ginger and pear with a pinch of salt, and stir occasionally, until they are starting to soften and smell amazing. Pour over enough hot stock or water to not quite cover the vegetables (1 – 1 ½ cups). Simmer for about twenty minutes, until the vegetables are soft. Puree the soup, stir through some cream if you wish, and serve with a drizzle of olive oil and the basil leaves.
See some of Michelle Matthews recent “whole foods” tweets:
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- The Whole Food Almanac: The guide to naturally good eating in the Cape by Michelle Matthews
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Book Launch: 29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life by Cami Walker
Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of 29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life by Cami Walker, this Tuesday.
Inspired by South African medicine woman Mbali Creazzo the book explores the nature of giving; head on over if you’re in the area:
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- Date: Tuesday, 02 February 2010
- Time: 6:00 PM for 6:30 PM
- Venue: Exclusive Books, Killarney Mall, Shop NS8, Killarney Mall, 60 Riviera Road, Killarney, Johannesburg | Map
- RSVP: Exclusive Books, killarney@exclusivebooks.co.za, 011 646 0931
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- 29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life by Cami Walker
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