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got it restored, adding abrass plaque mounted onthe headstockmemorialising heradvice to the youngLennon: "Remember,you’ll never earn yourliving by it."After John’s murder, shegave it to a family friendwho had a disabled son.When the boy died, itwas passed to anotherdisabled friend and herstepfather sold it tosafeguard her future.New York investmentfund manager, AdamSender, won the auctionbidding with £155,000.A percentage of theproceeds from the salewas donated to the OliveMount LearningDisabilities Directorate,Liverpool. Included inthe lot was the guitar'scase, a 1957 edition ofPlay the Guitar: a SelfTutor, a series of news clippings about Lennon, and a typewrittenletter from his Aunt Mimi regarding the arrangements to donatethe trunk and its contents to a Liverpool charity. In late 2000 theguitar went on display at Boston’s Museum of Fine Art.Another Gallotone guitar belonged to Jimmy Page of LedZeppelin. He had a Gallotone Wonder guitar (below).FAMILY JEWELSOne of Queen Elizabeth II's favourite pieces of jewellery is abrooch made by South African jeweller Kevin Friedman. Hecreated the brooch, with 11 pear-shaped diamonds and gold, in2007 for the Botswana government. The diamonds were mined inBotswana. The design depicts a spray of sorghum (millet),Botswana's main crop.It was only in 2019 when he saw an article in the UK Marie Clairemagazine, that he realised it was a gift, presented to the Queen byBotswana President Festus Mogae during the 2007Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. The brooch islikely to one day be passed on to Prince Harry's family, who has aspecial bond with Botswana.Kevin has created one-of-a-kind pieces that have won himinternational awards, and his designs have been worn by actressCharlize Theron, as well as featuring on a South African stamp. Hetrained as a fine artist and is a seventh-generation jeweller.His grandfather Jack Friedman arrived in South Africa in 1928from Riga, Latvia. He was 20 years old, penniless and armed withwatch making skills he learnt from his father. In 1933, heestablished Jack Friedman Jewellers inJohannesburg. In 1952, he opened a factory,J Friedman Diamond Centre, in Bree Street,Johannesburg. Jack's daughter, Lorna, took overthe business from her father. When she passedaway in 2002, the business passed to her sonHoward. Jack Friedman Jewellers continues insome of the top shopping malls in South Africa.The company was a Miss South Africa sponsorfrom 2014 - 2018, and designed tiaras andjewellery for winners. In 2019, the companywas a sponsor of the TV show The BachelorSouth Africa.In 1959, Jack's brother, Frank, joined the family business as anapprentice goldsmith. He established F. Friedman Jewellers in1985, which was rebranded as Frankli Wild in 1999.Jack Friedman and familyA FRENCH EXPERIENCEChef Chantel Dartnall won the Best Female Chef in the World titlein 2017. She opened Restaurant Mosaic in Pretoria in 2006, andran it until its closure on 26 March 2021. Her unique style ofbotanical cuisine won local and international awards. Therestaurant was listed among the top 100 restaurants in the world,and its wine cellar was rated one of the best in the world. Thecellar master was her father, Cobus du Plessis.After leaving South Africa in May 2021, Chantel moved to France.Now she's opening another Restaurant Mosaic - in a Frenchchâteau. Château des Tesnieres is close to the medieval village ofVitré and 10 minutes away from the París–Rennes autoroute. Itwas built on 17 acres of wooded park for the Count de Langle’sand the love of his life. The first title to the Domaine was mentionin 1196 in the time of King Philip II of France during his struggleswith King Richard the Lionheart. In 1436, during the HundredYears War, it came into the possession of the family that held thetitle for more than 100 years before. Since 1976, the Château hasundergone restoration to its original splendour. The extensivecollection of South African Impressionist art that was in thePretoria location will be relocated to France.BoereworsXpress@gmail.comBoerewors Express ● July 2021 2
FAMOUS RECIPE BOOKThe classic South African recipe book Kook en Geniet wasfirst privately published in 1951 by S.J.A. (Ina) de Villiers,after commercial publishers weren't interested in the 700recipes manuscript. The first English edition, Cook and EnjoyIt was published in 1961, also privately published. In 1961,Kook en Geniet was published by Central News Agency(CNA), and from 1972 by Human & Rousseau.In 1990 Human & Rousseau obtained the production andmarketing rights of the Afrikaans edition. The 1992 editionwas a revised edition with a new look and incorporated theuse of modern kitchen appliances such as microwaves andfood processors in many recipes. Some recipes were newlytestedand rewritten in what an easier-to-follow style.Although a few recipes wereedited and replaced, itretained the essence of Ina deVilliers' classic.In 2009 Human & Rousseaupublished an updated and revisededition. Eunice van der Berg, theauthor's daughter, was in charge ofthe process. This edition returned toa format more in line with theoriginal edition, but alsoincorporated a modern approach andlook. Amongst the changes was atruncated title for the Englishedition, Cook and Enjoy. By 2005,The 1968 editionabout 500 000 copies of Kook enGeniet had been sold. When Inapassed away on 20 September 2010, more than a million copies ofher books had been sold, making it the most successful SouthAfrican recipe book to date. The book has never been out of print.A children’s edition was also published, co-authored with Eunice.In 2017, the iconic recipe book got its own cooking TV show, Kooken Geniet, where the presenter visited a variety of South Africans intheir kitchens to find out how the book influenced their cooking.The 1972 edition only had 4 colour photos, and the rest were black& white. The books' photos, through the years, tell a story ofinterior decor and style in the South African house. Thousands ofSouth Africa's women grew up learning cooking from her books - inthe early years no bride in an Afrikaans family was married withouta gift of the book.Stoffelina Johanna Adriana (Ina) de Villiers was born on 24February 1919 in Boshof, the middle daughter of JohannesZacharias (Jan) van Schalkwyk and Eunice (Ina) MehetabeelFerreira. She was named after hergrandfather, Stoffel Johannes Adriaan.The family lived in Pastorie Street inBoshof, where Ina grew up with hersisters, Louisa Talia and Hester Eliza.Their father was a teacher and later aschool inspector, and their mother ahousewife involved in communitygroups.The girls matriculated fromRooidakskool (Boshof GekombineerdeSkool). Ina’s father wanted her to studymedicine, but after a few weeks at theUniversity of Pretoria in 1937, shedecided to change course. She moved to the University ofStellenbosch to study Home Economics. After graduating, shetaught at Oranje Meisieskool in Bloemfontein for a year, beforetaking a job with the Department of Agriculture in Pretoria.Ina met her husband, Jacob (Japie) Eliza de Villiers (1912-1990) ata tennis match in Pretoria. He was a geologist with the GeologicalSurvey Office in Pretoria. The newly-wed couple were featured onThe first edition, 1951the front page of DieVolksblad in February1945. Ina suffered a miscarriage late in her first pregnancy, and tohelp her recover, Japie encouraged her to write a book. At the time,Ina's job involved travel by train to rural communities where shegave Home Economics lessons but realised that cooking lessonswere more needed, so she started writing a cooking and kitchenguide - from how to measure ingredients, oven's best use, preparingvegetables and meat, to how to freeze food. She spent a yearwriting, and learnt to type. When commercial publishers weren'tinterested in the manuscript, Japie decided they would publish itthemselves, with Prof. Mattie Jooste of Stellenbosch as an adviser.They found a printer, Kaap en Transvaal Printers, who let Ina go inevery day to help with the typesetting. Japie sold his gold sharesand used the money to publishthe book in April 1951.Marketing was done by word ofmouth and mailing letters tobookshops. The book was mostlysold via mail order from their homein Marais Street, Brooklyn, Pretoria,for 23 shillings.Four years later, Eunice was born,and Heleen two years later. Ina spenther days working on the book andsales. The family's meals weremostly cooked by a domestic helper. Ina retired from her publishingbusiness in 1990. Japie had retired at 55 and loved travelling. Hedied on 27 September 1990 at age 78, three days before returningBoerewors Express ● July 2021 3
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