Welcome…

To my virtual writing desk and kitchen bench. It’s when I am cooking or writing that I am at my most creative, and it’s always through food and words that I am able to solve problems, become receptive to insights, and find reprieve when necessary.

While this space is deeply personal, my aim is to produce something that also speaks to the universal, and - I hope - offers value to you.

I come from an art academic background, but after completing my PhD and having my two children, I found myself returning to the things that had always felt most vital to me. Writing has always been important, as has cooking, and I want to use this space to bring these two creative and inquisitive sides of myself together.

Cooking has also been a lifelong love. Learning to feed myself and others has been one of the greatest joys of my life, and I find immense solace in the knowledge that I can pass this gift down to my own two girls.

Food is many things for me - pleasure, sustenance, inspiration, creativity, health, culture, and more - and, like the pull I feel towards writing, I have always returned to cooking throughout my life in times of both great joy and great sadness.

I hope you find something of use, and with luck, something delicious too.