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A client, Lethu, recently collected the working drawings I had prepared for his two-bedroom home.

Stir-frying, as I never cease to tell my readers, is a liberation for the new cook. It’s a quick path to astonishing dinner parties or even a quick and fragrant dinner time for two.

Jonno designs an A-frame cottage on a game park for George.

While a broiler fowl straight from the chiller at the supermarket may be a marvel of contemporary agriculture, the bird can sometimes be a little low on flavour. And that’s where lime salsa verde comes in, transforming the humble broiler into a splendid vehicle for enticing aroma and taste.

Tyron asks Jonno to design a double-storey farm cottage for him. Look at what Jonno comes up with.

This is a fine stand-alone dish, or if you’re a relentless carnivore like this writer, a great side-dish to a mutton or chicken curry. A couple of roti per diner are all you need to complete the menu.

Dear Jonno Thank you for the initial sketches you sent me for my idea of a u-shaped lodge building. Here is my plan for moving...

Well, not so much a traditional salad as an unfamiliar, quite wonderful combination of hot stir-fried chicken and noodles with cool cucumber, lettuce and carrots.

Just when I thought there was nothing new to learn about cooking chicken, along came a totally unexpected roasting method. Not only that, but I received this recipe from a total stranger in a queue at our local supermarket. Thank you, ma’am!

Dear Jonno We find your regular advice in Farmer’s Weekly on the design and construction of houses exciting and informative. My wife and I have a...

The invention of pasta is almost as important as the discovery of bread. And the genius of both is their ability to trigger so many different flavour combinations.

Dear Jonno We’ve enclosed a sketch of a house that we would like to build. We have not allowed for any doors, apart from the...

There comes a time when the amateur braai mechanic realises that not all protein is red nor are all steaks beef. Here’s a magnificent fish braai procedure that I learnt from a friend, Derek van Heerden.

Thami, a client for whom I previously designed a community hall, called to ask for another plan, this time for a family home.

Grilled chicken, as endless retail outlets prove daily, is an all-time favourite. Here’s my way of producing damn fine grilled chicken at home.

Dukkah is an Egyptian snack, designed to be crunchily consumed with crusty bread, limpid olive oil and the Ethiopian coffee of your dreams.

Jonno has a challenge to design a house with four adjoining rondavels for John in Zimbabwe. See what Jonno comes up with.

Practical features, which provides character to a home.

Powerful. That’s the only word for this fish soup. Explosive taste, delicious aromas and great texture.

I received a call from a couple in the Midlands who have bought a farm with the most magnificent view of the Drakensberg.