Kyle and I were fortunate enough to conceive in September 2018 and we’re expecting around 20 June 2019. I’ve been using #babybao2019 on social media pregnancy diary, mostly on Instagram and Twitter. We chose ‘Bao’ as the fetus’ nickname as … Read More
Saturday, 17 November 2018, at Bridge Books Maboneng The conversation and signing at Maboneng took place at an independent bookshop in Johannesburg called Bridge Books at 274 Fox St, organised through Tshepo, Griffin and the team. The wonderful people at Sir … Read More
Had an excellent Sunday, 30 September 2018, celebrating International Coffee Day with NESCAFÉ at Nasdak, the rooftop of the Media24 building They hosted two rooftop parties (one in Johannesburg on Saturday 29th and Cape Town 30th) in partnership with Kool Out and … Read More
Since I moved to Cape Town and discovered the Western Province Chinese Association‘s Spring Food Fair, I like to attend and stuff my face with Chinese treats and spend some time catching up with familiar faces in the East Asian community … Read More
Now that my book launch is over, I can do the grossly soppy ‘thank you’s. Here’s a post on the process, including all those that contributed to the creation of my new cookbook Just Add Rice – stories and recipes … Read More
I’m doing the giveaway thing! WIN a copy of my cookbook Just Add Rice published by Quivertree Publications. Step 1: Find a feature on Just Add Rice – stories and recipes by a Taiwanese South African in any of the … Read More
Wow… my book is ready to go to print. Look how amazing the cover looks, I can’t express my gratitude and joy in words so here are some emojis. Thank you to Craig Fraser and Libby Doyle (owners of Quivertree … Read More
My parents are both pretty badass cooks and are now selling Tainan-style zongzi (粽子) in Cape Town. Read up about the history of this rice cake on one of my previous posts here. This post also teaches you how to … Read More
Cape Town has a wonderful community called the Western Province Chinese Association and they are based at the Chinese School and Community Centre at Liesbeek Parkway in Observatory. I’ve been to some of their events before, including festival celebrations to … Read More
This isn’t a human food post, but a dog food post, a review on Doggobone. Kyle and I have three dogs, Buttons, Pepper and Louis. Buttons is a mutt, full of brak – we have no idea what she is. … Read More