grew up in the small agricultural town of Wellington in the Western Cape of South Africa, a place known for its gorgeous vineyards, award-winning wine, and thriving deciduous fruit industry. During harvest season, our old wooden kitchen table always held a big bowl of ripe peaches and apricots, and our pantry was stocked with preserved fruit spreads, chutneys, and sugared dried apricots from the factory down the road. Naturally, many
