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Writer, columnist, chief sub-editor for Daily Maverick, author of foodSTUFF. singer at braai parties, devoted dad to my Rebs and Jess and life partner to my Di.

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Beef shin and bone marrow stew with chorizo, orange and gremolata

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By Tony Jackman Verified
| Daily Maverick Verified
WHAT’S COOKING This is winter on a plate. Warmth and comfort on a plate. A salve for the chill. Tony Jackman’s beef shin and bone marrow stew with chorizo, orange and gremolata. (Photo: Tony Jackman) Oranges are synonymous with winter for me, after years of having ripe navels and sevilles in abundance on my orange trees in the Karoo. I’ve used orange, whether juice, zest or both, in beef stews since the 1980s. For me, it’s a perfect fit. And it’s kind of Spanish too.
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Chunky vegetable soup built on a sherry roux base

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By Tony Jackman Verified
| Daily Maverick Verified
WHAT’S COOKING My soups are blended, almost every one of them. But there’s one soup that must not be attacked by a handheld blender or run through a food processor. And that’s chunky vegetable soup. Tony Jackman’s homemade chunky vegetable soup with a shot or two of sherry. (Photo: Tony Jackman) Now and then I think of something in the world of cooking and reckon I’ve been really clever, only to discover that I haven’t been at all.
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South Africa: History and Craft Meet in the Gardens of Babylon

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By Tony Jackman Verified
| AllAfrica
The vegetable garden at Babylonstoren gave me something I had not expected. A direct line from the Company's Garden in 1652 to my present, here at the foot of the Simonsberg, watched over by a lesser-known mountain. After which the farm is named. Babel. Babble. First the biblical flood, Noah's Ark, people and creatures on the move. Humans and animals desperate to find purchase for foot, hoof and claw. Deciding to build a great tower, of which their God disapproved.
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