Mary Holland

Mary Holland is a freelance lifestyle and travel writer based in New York. Originally from South Africa, she previously worked at Condé Nast in Cape Town as the online editor for GQ. She has written for a number of publications including Monocle, Wallpaper, Architectural Digest, AFAR, Travel + Leisure, Surface, the Independent, Vogue, Condé Nast Traveler, and the New York Post.

All-You-Can Eat Oysters (With Champagne!) Can Save Denmark

BOTTOMS UP

I’m not here to look at these oysters, as the term “safari” might suggest. I’m here to collect as many as I damn well can.

Mary Holland

Published Jul. 12, 2019

The One Day—and One Meal—That Brings South Africans Together

COME TOGETHER

It sounds peculiar: a whole nation celebrating its heritage by cooking meat over an open flame. But for South Africans, making food over a fire is something that connects us all.

Mary Holland

Published Sep. 24, 2018