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When shared with family and friends, food transcends beyond its textbook definition. Smells, flavours and preparation are connected to family history – passed down from one generation to the next through storytelling. Across social statuses and racial lines, every family has a recipe (or two) that they cherish. Family recipes tell a story. They connect you to people, places or memories. Koe’sister magazine goes one step further, celebrating these recipes through heritage stories.

Koe’sister

FROM THE EDITOR

Your voices • Anything is up for discussion in the Lockdown Recipe Storytelling Book Facebook group – diets, self-acceptance, South Africans’ relationship with alcohol, even the million reasons why we love our air-fryers. All the stories and recipes are contributed by our members too, and they are as colourful as the discussions.

RAISE YOUR GLASS • Alcohol-free drinks are not just for Dry January. Plus they are getting better and better, so that you can enjoy all the taste with none of the headache whenever, wherever.

HOMEMADE GRANOLA • Here’s how to make your own granola with all the deliciousness you want and none of the things you don’t.

GARDEN TO TABLE • Growing your own food can be a revolutionary act of self-sufficiency. Why not make this the year you start a backyard vegetable garden or a community food garden?

WE ARE TOMORROW’S HISTORY • We talk to culinary legend Fatima Sydow about her extraordinary life, her new cookbook and living with cancer.

EAT BETTER, FEEL BETTER & boost your immune system • Home-made is best if you want to know what really goes into your food, and therefore into your body. Flu season might be behind us, but that’s no reason to stop eating right.

DINNER MINUS MEAT • There are more to vegetables than roast potatoes and cauliflower and cheese. These hearty, flavourful meals will have you enjoying Meat-Free Monday, and Tuesday, and Wednesday...

SERVE on the SIDE • Even the simplest dish can be transformed with a delicious sauce or condiment, like these magicked up by our LRSB Food Fairies.

Soup STORIES • Many of our readers are expats in the northern hemisphere, currently heading into autumn and winter. If you’re one of them, we hope these soups and stories that speak of home will bring some of South Africa’s sunny warmth into your kitchen. Just to be extra, we’ve added a few bread recipes too.

love & light • Diwali is the most important festival on the Hindu calender and is celebrated worldwide. It has its origins in harvest festivals, and today it is seen as a joyous celebration of the triumph of light over dark, good over evil, knowledge over ignorance. Here, a few LRSB members share the traditional recipes they enjoy during the festival of lights.

We're a whole 1 years old! • And we couldn’t have done it without you. So celebrate with us, dalk met ’n ietsie soet, something savoury, a healthy treat or even a cocktail. Here’s to our second year!

THROUGH MY EYES • Parusha Naidoo, a food artist and storyteller, creates illustrations of food as a catalyst for conversations about memories, culture and our relationship with food. Follow her on Instagram @parushanaidoo__

Food to heal our hurt • Because October is Mental Health Awareness Month, we are exploring the intersection of food and ritual, the space it occupies when we share joy or deal with grief, and the role it plays in our mental and spiritual health.

FROM MOROGO TO MAKATAAN • South Africans are blessed with a rich tapestry of different cultures and komvandaan. As much as we have wonderful differences, we also have many similarities. This Heritage Day, why not try something other than your go-to staatmakers?

Of tiny revolutions & DECLARATIONS OF WAR IN THE KITCHEN • Each August, when it’s...