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

4 REASONS TO GROW MICROGREENS AT HOME THIS WINTER

HAVE A HOT CROSS AFFAIR WITH APPLE, CINNAMON & VANILLA BUNS • This delicious twist on the traditional buns is super soft and fluffy, with specks of red on the inside.

SET A TABLE • Media personality INGRID JONES shares her tips and advice on how to style a long table for a special occasion.

OOR KRUISE & NUWE PAAS-TRADISIES • Twee lesers vertel van die herinneringe wat vir hulle saak maak tydens dié tydperk.

MODERN CAPE MALAY COOKING (WITH AN INSTANT POT) • Modern Cape Malay Cooking is food author Cariema Isaacs' latest cookbook. Leanne Feris asked Cariema about the new book, her writing process and life in Dubai. Plus: these two recipes for an Instant Pot leg of lamb and briyani, from Modern Cape Malay Cooking, will have lunch for Eid sorted in a jiffy.

FROM INA PAARMAN'S KITCHEN • In the legendary Ina Paarman's latest cookbook, My Favourite Recipes, she shares 100 of her all-time favourite recipes, her love affair with food over a 50-year career - including the ups and downs - as well as tips and advice for home cooks. And Koe'sister has an extract to share with you.

THE LOADSHEDDING diaries • Home cooks share their loadshedding trials, tribulations and tricks to deal with the inevitable.

16 WAYS WITH CHICKEN • Some new ideas and some (very) retro recipes to mix up your chicken dish game.

I DON'T EAT THAT I'm Vegan • Whether or not you're on your own vegetarian or vegan journey, sooner or later you'll have a dinner guest whose dietary preference ticks the plant- based box. We share recipes for pantry mainstays, scrumptious main meals and salads from the new There's a Vegan on my Verandah/Daar's 'n Vegan op my Verandah cookbook, and from home cooks.

TELL ME A Story • In celebration of World Poetry Day recently, we share the poetry and storytelling of our community of contributors.

DIE VERLOSSER

V&A MAKERS LANDING SEAFOOD FEST

LET'S BREAK BREAD TOGETHER • Makers Landing, a V&A Waterfront initiative, is a first-of-its-kind South African kitchen incubator and food market.

WOMEN CAUGHT IN THE NET OF BLUE POLITICS • Not everything at the seaside is about snoek, crayfish, perlemoen poaching and bokkom butter. The women living in our beautiful coastal towns can attest to that. In this extract of the book Beyond the Blue - Women of the Sea, PROF MOENIEBA ISAACS of the University of the Western Cape Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) shares the background of their battle for justice.

FRESH FROM THE OCEAN • Three local fisherwomen shared their authentic traditional seafood recipes with us. Buy the book, Beyond the Blue - Women of the Sea, to read their and 14 other fisherwomen's stories.

'SECRET INGREDIENT' PICKLED FISH • Easter wouldn't be the same without this favourite on the table. TERRY FORTUNE shares his tried and tested recipe, as demonstrated at the inaugural Sustainable Seafood Fest at the V&A Waterfront's Makers Landing.