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Ways to get back to joy in the kitchen even on days that are busy or stressed.
Blog and Recipes
From a young age, I realised that food was the most interesting subject in the world. Now, I’m lucky enough to write about it. My latest book is THE HEART-SHAPED TIN: LOVE, LOSS AND KITCHEN OBJECTS. And my first cookbook ( I am currently writing another) was THE SECRET OF COOKING. It was published in the Autumn/Fall of 2023. Thank you so much to everyone who has cooked from it so far. I can't say how much joy it gives me when I hear that you have cooked certain recipes on repeat.
AN IN-BETWEEN MEAL FOR THE HOLIDAYS: COURGETTE (ZUCCHINI) AND BASIL MOUSSAKA WITH LEMON BÉCHAMEL (can be vegetarian and gluten-free)
A recipe from THE SECRET OF COOKING
Broken Pots and Broken People: How Kintsugi Became A Philosophy of Self Help (And What It Really Means)
The ancient Japanese art of mending broken china with gold seems to offer a philosophy of healing. But what does kintsugi really mean?
Cherry and watermelon granita. With a postscript on loss and summers past.
How to refresh yourself on a very hot day
The Death of the Kitchen Timer
Are Timers on the Way Out? And the sadness of losing beloved kitchen tools...
Orphan Recipes
Finding a home for all the unphotographed recipes of the world.
Grated tomato and butter pasta sauce
This is a recipe so simple and so quick but also so delicious that when I make it for people, they find it hard to believe. I see it as one of the key arguments in favour of the box grater as one of the all-time great kitchen utensils.
What is the secret of cooking?
Writing a cookbook has been a dream of mine for a long time: for much, much longer than I have actually been a food writer (which in itself is more than twenty years).