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A Pumpkin Celebration Meal Feb 11, 2026

This main event in this meal is the pumpkin that is used pan-roasted as well as raw-marinated. I love making meals where the same ingredient has been prepared using different principles. And this one was absolutely delicious! 

I haven’t provided quantities for the recipe. Instead I encourage you to...

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What Cooking Taught Me About Control Feb 05, 2026

Control, when you really look at it, is largely an illusion. We don’t know what will happen later today, tomorrow, or ten years from now. And yet we organise our lives around the belief that we are somehow steering the ship. We plan, optimise, insure, prepare. All of it an attempt to steady ourselve...

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Eat More. Weigh Less. Jan 21, 2026

At first glance, it sounds wrong. Almost provocative.
Eat more. Weigh less.

But that tension is exactly the point. For decades, much of the public conversation around dieting and weight loss has been built on a single, oversimplified idea: calories. Eat fewer of them and your weight will take care ...

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Tomato and Onion Base Micro Lesson Jan 21, 2026

This is a micro-lesson on creating a richly flavoured base tomato and onion sauce that you can add veggies and pulses to - and meat if you choose. Since pulses themselves don’t have a lot of flavour and can feel quite dry and boring, they key is plenty of onions in the base. And plenty of olive oil ...

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Not Perfect Eaters: Why Restrictive Rules Rarely Lead to Lasting Change Jan 08, 2026


On Veganuary, plant-centric eating, and a more realistic path to healthier habits


Every January, the same thing happens.


A new year rolls around, and with it a familiar urge to reset. To cleanse. To do better. For many
people, that urge now takes the form of Veganuary: a month of eating fully plant...

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