Whenever I visit Cape Town, I don’t arrive with a strict plan. I always arrive with a mental foodie list. These are the foods I crave almost immediately. Not fancy. Not trendy. Just familiar, comforting, and deeply tied to home, especially the ones that don’t quite taste the same in Toronto. The welcoming sign atContinueContinue reading “What I Eat When I Visit Cape Town 🇿🇦”
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Christmas Through My Seasons
Christmas as an adult has looked very different from the ones I grew up with, but at its core, some things have always stayed the same. Food, togetherness (in whatever form that took), and creating a sense of warmth around the table continued to matter, even as places and people shifted. For many years, ChristmasContinueContinue reading “Christmas Through My Seasons”
✨ Christmas Who Raised Me
Christmas looked different depending on where we spent it, with my dad’s family in Cape Town or with my mom’s family in De Aar in the Northern Cape. Two places, two cultures, two rhythms. And somehow, both became home. These are the Christmases that raised me. Table Mountain from Bloubergstrand — the view that alwaysContinueContinue reading “✨ Christmas Who Raised Me”