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A Story I Wrote About Frugality in the Kitchen for The Epoch Times

Tuesday, June 11th, 2019

I haven’t been vigilant about posting my stories lately, but I do want to share this one. This is a…

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Drinks, Experiences, People, Restaurants, Traditions, Writing

A Story I Wrote about Senegalese Cafe Touba in Cape Town for Life & Thyme

Tuesday, June 4th, 2019

I recently wrote a story for Life & Thyme about Khadim Diagne, a Senegalese immigrant who runs a cafe in…

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Food, People, Sustainability, Traditions, Writing

A Story I Wrote About Abalobi for SAVEUR

Tuesday, March 5th, 2019

In January, my first story for SAVEUR was published. It is a look at an inspiring model for small scale…

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Food, Recipes, Traditions, Writing

A Story I Wrote About Rusks for Life & Thyme

Tuesday, January 15th, 2019

I have loved rusks since I moved to South Africa. Here’s a recent story I wrote for Life & Thyme…

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Food, Traditions, Writing

A Story I Wrote About Raw Beef for Life & Thyme

Tuesday, August 21st, 2018

I’ve loved eating raw beef since I was a little girl. In this story below, for Life & Thyme, I…

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Food, Traditions, Writing

A Story I Wrote About Braaing for Life & Thyme

Wednesday, February 14th, 2018

Braaing — the South African version of barbecuing — is about so much more than cooking meat over a fire….

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Drinks, Food, Markets, People, Traditions

On Eating and Being Asian in South Africa

Monday, March 6th, 2017

Food has the power to unite people of different backgrounds, which besides the fact that it’s my obsession, is why…

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Books, Food, Traditions

Eat Ting Made Me Break Up With Quinoa

Wednesday, September 21st, 2016

After a two-year relationship, I’ve broken up with quinoa. Stick with me…there’s a South African connection. It’ll just take a…

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Food, People, Traditions

Olive-angelists

Wednesday, August 10th, 2016

An image keeps creeping into my head as I write this…it’s one that Omeros Demetriou, co-owner of Olive Branch Deli…

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Food, People, Restaurants, Traditions

Pasta Man

Tuesday, June 28th, 2016

You can take the Italian out of Italy (and transplant him in South Africa) but you can’t take Italy out…

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  • A Story I Wrote About Abalobi for SAVEUR
  • A Story I Wrote About Rusks for Life & Thyme
  • A Story I Wrote About Eating in Cape Town for National Geographic Traveller UK

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Hello…I’m Ilana Sharlin Stone.
I found my umami in Cape Town. The multi-cultural city that takes the cake when it comes to natural beauty. And the place where I live with my husband and two teenage daughters. Once, I was a chef from LA. I moved here to open and run a restaurant called Rustica, which became an overnight sensation and iconic place to eat.

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