I haven’t been vigilant about posting my stories lately, but I do want to share this one. This is a…
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ArchivesA Story I Wrote about Senegalese Cafe Touba in Cape Town for Life & Thyme
I recently wrote a story for Life & Thyme about Khadim Diagne, a Senegalese immigrant who runs a cafe in…
A Story I Wrote About Abalobi for SAVEUR
In January, my first story for SAVEUR was published. It is a look at an inspiring model for small scale…
A Story I Wrote About Rusks for Life & Thyme
I have loved rusks since I moved to South Africa. Here’s a recent story I wrote for Life & Thyme…
A Story I Wrote About Raw Beef for Life & Thyme
I’ve loved eating raw beef since I was a little girl. In this story below, for Life & Thyme, I…
A Story I Wrote About Braaing for Life & Thyme
Braaing — the South African version of barbecuing — is about so much more than cooking meat over a fire….
On Eating and Being Asian in South Africa
Food has the power to unite people of different backgrounds, which besides the fact that it’s my obsession, is why…
Eat Ting Made Me Break Up With Quinoa
After a two-year relationship, I’ve broken up with quinoa. Stick with me…there’s a South African connection. It’ll just take a…
Olive-angelists
An image keeps creeping into my head as I write this…it’s one that Omeros Demetriou, co-owner of Olive Branch Deli…
Pasta Man
You can take the Italian out of Italy (and transplant him in South Africa) but you can’t take Italy out…