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Experiences, Gardening, Places

Babylonstoren: Where Gardening Met My iPhone

Wednesday, June 13th, 2018

Babylonstoren…I finally get you! You’re that beautiful, expansive, generous private botanical garden outside of Cape Town that for so long,…

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Food, People, Places, Recipes, Restaurants, Writing

A Story I Wrote About The Table Restaurant for TASTE Magazine

Tuesday, October 31st, 2017

The Table at De Meye is a wonderful and relaxed farm-to-table restaurant in the Stellenbosch Valley of the Cape Winelands….

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Drinks, People, Restaurants, Writing

A Story I Wrote About The Black Cellar Club for Life & Thyme

Tuesday, June 27th, 2017

I recently wrote a story for U.S.-based Life & Thyme about The Black Cellar Club (BLACC), and the growing number…

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Drinks, People, Writing

Breaking The Wine Glass Ceiling

Tuesday, January 10th, 2017

You may have noticed that I haven’t been blogging lately. The reasons are threefold: first, the craziness of the holiday…

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Drinks, People, Places, Writing

She Put a Wine Region on the Map

Tuesday, July 19th, 2016

Times were seriously tough for winemaker Samantha O’Keefe of Lismore Estate Vineyards when we first met seven years ago, just…

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Recent Posts

  • A Story I Wrote About Frugality in the Kitchen for The Epoch Times
  • A Story I Wrote about Senegalese Cafe Touba in Cape Town for Life & Thyme
  • 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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