Daily Maverick THANK GOD IT'S FOOD! Dinner Gongs & Xylpohones: Ode to small-town hotels

[Click here for the web version of this email]( Friday, 27 September, 2019 “Fish is held out to be one of the greatest luxuries of the table and not only necessary, but even indispensable at all dinners where there is any pretence of excellence or fashion.” Mrs Beeton Served up by Daily Maverick, garnished by [Adspace]( [GASTROTURF]( [Dinner Gongs & Wine Stewards: Ode to a small-town hotel]( [By TONYJACKMAN]( [The dinner gong. A man in a black and white uniform and a little red bowtie gliding along the hotel corridor, tapping out a lonely tune on a xylophone, past bedroom doors behind which is a mom and a dad, and a boy at the basin in the corner washing his face, pouring a little Vitalis into his palm, rubbing it in his hands and then into his hair. He smooths it down, twirls a little kuif above his forehead, and follows his parents down to dinner.]( [Read more]( [CONVERSATION PIECE]( [Intelligent Food? SA start-up grows artificial intelligence in urban home farming]( [By CHRISTI NORTIER]( [It’s been a year since HomeFarm, an appliance that semi-autonomously grows leafy greens for you, was launched. The South African team behind it is hoping to push the miniaturised hydroponic farm’s uses, and intelligence, even further. Next stop? An open-source global library of climate algorithms.]( [Read more]( [CAPE TOWN, WRAPPED]( [Fish & chips at The Test Kitchen, and gin that changes hue]( [By BIANCA COLEMAN]( [Rum-soaked cake and no-guilt bakes, The Test Kitchen as you’ve never seen it before, and colour-changing gin: these are their stories.]( [Read more]( [Adspace]( [Big on quality, small on price. Shop our favourite Pick n Pay ranges Click here]( [PATHFINDER]( [Ru Furusa: The foodie who would be chef]( [By YOLISA QUNTA]( [Unable to rake in funding to get to culinary school, young Zimbabwean Ru Furusa found other ways to achieve her dream of a career in food.]( [Read more]( [HERITAGE ON A PLATE]( [Creation wines: A next-level sensory heritage celebration]( [By GORDON WRIGHT]( [An impromptu meal at Creation Wines was a sensory experience that was as inventive and creative as it was relaxed and unpretentious.]( [Read more]( [THREE CHEESE ROOSTERKOEK]( [PIZZA BRAAI PIE]( [SUBSCRIBE TO TGIFOOD]( [It's all about the story. Your weekly serving of quality journalism about the making and eating of food, and topics to fire up dinner table chatter, is delivered to your inbox every Friday before the sun goes down. Click here and remember to tick 'TGIFood'.]( [( [TIKKA CHICKEN WINGS]( [GINGER & PAPAYA FLATTIE]( How to contact TGIFood Contact TGIFood Editor Tony Jackman by emailing info@dailymaverick.co.za with ‘For attention Tony Jackman’ in the subject field. [Shop our latest specials]( [Big on quality, small on price. Shop our favourite Pick n Pay ranges Click here]( [Frosé Crush Slushy]( [Limoncello]( [Gin Partners]( [Gin & tonic granita]( [Adspace]( [FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO A FRIEND]( [Fb] [Tweet] [Link] [Yt] Copyright © 2019 Daily Maverick, All rights reserved. You are receiving this mail because you are awesome and on the Daily Maverick Thank God It's Food subscriber list. [Getting too many emails from us? Manage your preferences]( [Unsubscribe](