Brent Meersman's Profile

Brent Meersman is a political novelist (Primary Coloured, Reports Before Daybreak).

He has been writing for the Mail & Guardian since 2003 about things that make life more enjoyable – the arts, literature and travel and (in his Friday column, Once Bitten) food.

If comments on the internet are to be believed, he is a self-loathing white racist, an ultra-left counter-revolutionary, a neo-liberal communist capitalist, imperialist anarchist, and most proudly a bourgeois working-class lad. Or you can put the labels aside and read what he writes. Visit his website: www.meersman.co.za

Love at first wash

Dim sum, wine, coffee ... and your unmentionables? A classy laundrette is winning hearts in Cape Town.

Venice Biennale 2013: An imperfect past  and its impact on the present

SA's exhibition at this year's Venice Biennale includes works by a radically diverse group of artists - but it does not reflect an all-defining view.

Chip off the old block

Taken together, fish and chips is a persuasive combination, writes Brent Meersman.

The Don gets saucy

The king of reincarnation has taken another iconic restaurant under his wing — and jazzed it up.

Blissful karma-free delights

What really makes Hare Krishna cooking special is the state of mind of the movement’s cooks.

Let them eat artisanal cake

Brent Meersman worries that putting parmigiana before Marikana will turn us into a nation of gormless gourmands.
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