‘Don’t take for granted the things you think you know everything about…. because then you miss the most amazing things in front of us.’ – Jose Andres I love teaching kids to make tortillas. It is a simple. They get to smell the dough and feel it as it changes texture. The dough doesn’t take …
‘I watch cooking change the cook, just as it transforms the food’ This is from ‘what goes with what’ a great and very easy recipe book. I made this recipe for the Rye Library Book Club. Everyone who made a recipe said that it was easier than they expected and more flavourful. I completely underestimated …
‘The culmination of one love, one dream, oneself, is the anonymous seed for the next’. There is very little difference between burying and planting. For often, we need to put dead things to rest, so new life can grow. Further than that, the thing we put to rest, whether it be a loved one, a …
‘Soup puts the heart at ease, calms down the violence of hunger, eliminates the tension of the day and awakens the appetite’ I adapted this recipe from Amy Chaplin’s, Whole Food Cooking. I liked the idea of hazelnuts in soup and had a butternut squash from my father in laws garden that needed eating before …
‘Work when there is work to do. Rest when you are tired. One thing done in peace will most likely be better than ten things done in panic…I am not a hero if I deny rest; I am only tired…’ This week has been one of those weeks. Baby B was home for six days, …
‘If you truly hold a stone, you can feel the mountain it came from’ People have always saved scrapes of their experience to help remind them of the forces of life that can’t always be seen. Filled with the timeless rhythm of the ocean, we pocket a shell and carry it thousands of miles to …
‘As each day arises, welcome it as the very best day of all, and make it your own possession. We must seize what flees’ – Seneca As the days get lighter, and the clocks go forward it reminds us of the change in season from winter to spring. We look forward to the warmer lighter …
‘Bake the world a better place’ I was listening to a podcast by Brianna West the other day entitled, ‘let the heart tell you what and the mind tell you how’. It is about how to uncover your inner most desires, as she calls it, exploring the contours of the heart. I like that metaphor …
Dear Friends, This is a personal invitation to join the beautiful Annie and myself in Cold Springs for a weekend of relaxation and renewal. This retreat is your chance to step away from the demands of daily life and focus entirely on yourself in a supportive, nurturing space. A few highlights: Below is the link …
‘Stop talking, stop thinking and there is nothing you will not understand’ Food for thought Like most people I know, I have the drive to take on a lot and fill every moment. It is only when I slow down enough to feel that I can truly make the right decision. The more I slow …
