Koe'sister

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

CHANGE JUST ONE THING • Making a change is a lot easier when you take one step at a time. This time, our goal is a healthier lifestyle.

HYDRATION STATION • These non-alcoholic drinks will slake your thirst on a hot summer’s day.

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR daily bread • In this exclusive essay for Koe’sister, Ingrid Jones shares an intimate look at her childhood.

A Christmas feast • Instead of spending hours in a hot kitchen in the middle of the South African summer, why not host a potluck and let everyone contribute to a communal feast?

Lyntjie DIE N7 IS DIE PAD VAN MY HART • Die aanbieder van OppieStoep en KLOP, Lyntjie Jaars, is ’n boorling van Springbok. Sy gesels lékker, en vat die storie hier van Sunlight-seep tot daar by romerige prawn pasta.

’N EPIC ROAD TRIP • Kom reis saam deur die Noord-Kaap en leer ken die land se ylbevolkste provinsie.

DAAR WAAR DIE SON tieng SÊ • Kuier saam met ons Noord-Kaapse lede en verlustig jou in hulle stories en resepte. Die een is so eg Noord-Kaaps soos die ander, nes kokerbome, mathuisies en die Kalahari.

DIE skatkis VAN WYSHEID & KULTURELE TRADISIES op die platteland • Ons gaan soek tradisionele kennis en komvandaan-stories by die vroedvroue van die Richtersveld. LEANNE FERIS vertel en LORETTA FERIS het die foto’s geneem.

THE APPLE OF MY EYE • How many ways are there to cook with apples? Too many to count, as this collaboration between the LRSB group and Tru-Cape showed.

HOW TO HELP • With so many who are in need, it can be overwhelming to know where and how to give to whom. We asked the LRSB group how they help their communities, and hope that their suggestions will spark an idea for how you too could help.

STORY TIME • Good storytelling is an art and the LRSB group has no shortage of talent among our members. These stories by some of our members will get your summer reading off to a good start.

panstyd in die Boland • Former city girl CHRISTINA HUMAN moved from Cape Town to Rawsonville with her family at the start of lockdown and discovered that country life suits them just fine.