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🐟 Pickled Fish, Easter & My Cape Town Roots
The tradition I didn’t always love, but never left me. Easter growing up in Cape Town, in a Coloured family(a South African cultural identity), meant one thing… pickled fish time. It wasn’t something we planned or questioned. It just arrived. And once it did, you knew Easter had officially started. This was a tradition that…
Black History Month, Through My Own Lens
In South Africa, I am not racially classified as Black. I am a Coloured woman, a race and culture with its own complex identity, history, and heritage. Many of us are deeply mixed, like I am. Our identity is layered, shaped by Indigenous, African, European, and Asian ancestry. It carries its own language, humour, traditions,…
Buttery Cranberry & Almond Cookies
This was an unplanned bake, the kind that happens when you’re tired but still craving something comforting. Using a few pantry ingredients I had on hand, these cookies came together quietly and simply. They’re buttery, lightly crumbly, and just sweet enough, with little pops of cranberry tartness balanced by sliced almonds. Perfect with a cup…
Jen Lu
Howzit! I’m Jen, a South African–Canadian 🇿🇦🇨🇦, home cook, wanderer, and toddler mama in Toronto, eh!
Sharing flavour-packed stories from South Africa to Canada—braais, BBQs, market finds, and travels, one bite at a time.
CocoaGirlinToronto 
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