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In touch with nature

Hi Jonno, We are planning to build a house in natural indigenous bush in the Waterberg area and would like your help.

Adding space (& character)

Dear Jonno, Attached is my two-bedroom unit. Where the entrance is facing south-east there’s more space to extend.

Cilantro soup

Cilantro, coriander, dhania: only the name is different. Here is a fragrant soup loaded with flavour, that’s easy to prepare and even easier to drink. Make this colourful dish an...

A retirement farm home

In this issue Jonno designs a single storey retirement home for FW reader Makabongwe.

Better beef stroganoff

It’s seems that Baron Stroganoff, inventor of this recipe, was a real person and not some fairy tale Russian chef. But something tells me that this version is even better...

Lake house splendour

I received a request from regular Farmer’s Weekly reader Wayne to design a home which will be situated on a private development estate, located in the Karkloof area of KZN.

Gnocchi with cheese sauce

Every so often my adult children demand gnocchi for dinner. “Not again!” I say, and then I actually make the stuff and wonder why I ever object. The taste, the...

Fish head soup with fennel

With a power failure without end at my sister-in-law’s Drakensberg timeshare, we had to take a meal with us from Durban that could be easily reheated over a camping stove....

Living it up outside

I had a call from Herbert, one of my private village developers in the foothills of the Waterberg in Limpopo...

Hungarian goulash

I was sitting around with my food focus group wondering what to do next. I decided I want something familiar, yet unfamiliar, a meal that’s easy to cook, made with...

Investing in our country

Jonno designs a retirement home for Dan from KZN.

Calabash & chickpea curry

This chunky, flavoursome curry will seriously dent the prejudices of those who believe a meal without meat is not a meal at all, and will be a marvellous addition to...

Accommodation for nurses

Jonno assists Daniel with a sketch for nurses accommodation in Northern KZN.

Sweet and spicy

This enticing combination of tastes and textures comes from North Africa. The mix of honey, saffron and nuts is common in cooking from Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco, and will ensure...

Follow the sun

Jonno helps design a cottage on a private complex near the Kruger Park.

Chicken souvlakia

Tasty fragments of mixed foods cooked on a stick? This Greek influenced classic probably harks back to the earliest days of cooking over a fire. What could make more sense...

A home for the newlyweds

Jonno helps design an environmentally friendly farm house.

The end of the road

The time has come for Abré J Steyn’s last Field Sports. Although it is the end of the road, it it most definitely not the end of his globe-trotting adventures.

Stifado: a greek-influenced beef casserole

There’s an understandable tradition to limit casseroles to cheaper cuts of meat. After all, that’s what slow cooking does best. But sometimes a casserole demands something more exciting than shin....

Green, safe, effective

Jonno designs a natural farm-style house with stone and wood for Tina.
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