Ishay Govender-Ypma is a freelance travel and food journalist, who wisely abandoned a career in commercial law in the pursuit of cultural immersion and air miles. Selected a 2014 Mail & Guardian top young South African for contributions to media, she wanders the earth tirelessly, gathering stories, ingredients and second-hand books that threaten to take over her house. In the case of the ingredients, expiry dates are merely a guide, she insists, and uses them liberally in exotic dishes to feed friends (and foes) as she thrills them with tales of desert, mountain and urban explorations. She spreads misery and joy in equal measure with her micro-stories on Instagram and Twitter. She rallies for social justice and will patiently debate until oppressive and conservative minds are opened.
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