A Mediterranean pasta classic
Here’s a meal from the great folk who gave us the Roman Empire, Luciano Pavarotti, Ferrari sports cars, and some of the strangest Test rugby known to modern man.
A unique cottage plan
Dear Jonno I’m always fascinated by your unique country design homes. In one of your recent articles, you suggested the use of throw-away wood quarterings....
Calamari pasta in tomato sauce
Pan-fried calamari is an impressive addition to the new cook’s repertoire, and the tomato sauce is a tasty reinvention of a classic. Enjoy this dish with a cold beer, or...
5 tips on designing a home
Every one of us is unique and has a different idea of what we want our home to look like. To date, I have prepared over 4 800 working drawings...
An unusual gathering place for a rural community
A client, Lethu, recently collected the working drawings I had prepared for his two-bedroom home.
Stir-fried beef & broccoli
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...
Roast chicken with lime salsa verde
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...
Two-bed farm cottage
Tyron asks Jonno to design a double-storey farm cottage for him. Look at what Jonno comes up with.
KZN coastal aubergine curry
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...
Variation on a glass-front theme
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...
Saigon lemon grass, chicken and noodle salad
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.
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