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A hand picking nectarines from a bowl on a picnic cloth, with watermelon and mango nearby

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What’s in Season: Summer

Stone fruit, mangoes, litchis and tomatoes: summer produce in South Africa.

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A pile of butternut squashes

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What’s in Season: Autumn

Apples, pears, pomegranates, butternut and sweet potatoes: autumn produce in South Africa.

Oranges ripening on a tree against a blue sky

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What’s in Season: Winter

Naartjies, oranges, avocados and winter greens: winter produce in South Africa.

Dark strips of dried, cured meat piled on a wooden board

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How Biltong Is Made

Vinegar, salt, coriander and moving air: how South Africa’s dried meat is made, and how it differs from jerky.

Three round, crusty loaves of dark bread with ears of wheat

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From Wheat to Flour: What the Words on the Bag Mean

Bran, germ and endosperm, and what cake, bread, self-raising and stone-ground flour actually are.

A jar of golden honey beside a naartjie

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Honey, and the Cape Honeybee

How bees turn nectar into honey, and the unusual bee of the south-western Cape.

A wooden spoon of flaky sea salt on a dark background

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How Flaky Salt Gets Its Shape

Hollow pyramids, grown on the surface of warm brine.

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