Homemade Oat Milk + Stovetop Granola

Given the refugee crisis engulfing Europe – and the world – at the moment, writing about milk and oats seems…

Green Tea Soup with Roasted Eggplant

Green tea soup – ochazuke – is one of my favourite Japanese dishes. Traditionally, it is served with rice and…

Cinnamon and tamarind; lay you down on the kitchen counter. Almonds soaked in rose water; your husband is hungry. Sweet…

I woke up today and, just like that, it is spring. The air has lost its chill, the first of…

My desk is a small, white, wooden number with a set of drawers on the left. The desktop is chipped…

Since she was born, W has spent some time almost every day hanging in the kitchen with me while I…

Sometimes my six month old son takes his time falling asleep at night. He likes to be fed and rocked…

It’s a mid-winter afternoon. The skies are heavy with bruised purple clouds, the light low and dark. I’m in the…

We were woken up at 3am on Sunday morning with a sudden roar of wind and rain. W cried out…

When you go to the supermarket you usually find three or four types of apples – golden delicious, granny smith,…