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Last month, I had the absolute honour of travelling, once again, to one of THE most beautiful places I know, - the Finnish Archipelago. It’s there that I got to teach our yearly 4-day advanced food photography, food styling, visual story telling and videography retreat together with food photograp

I find there is a certain 'magic' involved in the act of combining seemingly disparate ingredients and creating something completely new. That's why I love cooking. Not necessarily fancy things that take hours, but the simplest of dishes. What’s more, I find that being fully present for the act of preparing meals can actually bring a tiny bit of this 'magic' into my life. Here’s how to turn an activity you might otherwise consider a chore, into a magical experience:

Enabled by images of two-hour lunch breaks, picture-perfect farmers markets, Julia Child-approved hearty stews, baskets of bread, and pastry shops dotting every city block, it’s easy to reduce French eating habits to caricature. While some of those things are prevalent (not the two-hour lunch break — that’s fading fast), culinary predilections among French people today go well beyond romanticized cultural narratives.

Meatballs for dinner, meatballs for a party, retro Swedish meatballs or classic Italian spaghetti and meatballs. However you meatball, we’ve got you covered.

Simple, healthy and super satisfying.

This no-cook overnight oat breakfast is wonderfully simple and a real life-saver for busy mornings. You’ll fall in love with the flavours of tahini, honey and fig combined together. The pistachios and dried rose petals on top are optional but so beautiful and delicious. I like to use half rolled oa

This roasted cauliflower recipe has a garlicky tahini underneath, and capers into the chimichurri. Then it's finished with fresh dill. Read on to make it.

This beautiful and healthy salad just sings summer with the roast carrots and caramelised shallots, chunky butter beans and lots of fresh dill.

Hello friends! I hope you’re all hanging in there and taking good care of yourselves despite the holiday madness. We’re focusing on...