Cecelia Tichi’s book Jazz Age Cocktails is my favourite type of book: One that interprets social history through recipes.

My recipe for Spiked Chai Marsala is based on research for my recent book. I lost count of the number of references I found to “rum-laced tea” being drunk by airmen during the post-op debrief at Bomber Command.

I dare you not to get cravings after watching this profile of an amazing Australian artisan!

You can see the actual face I made when I ate a whole cricket for the first time, listen to me grapple with the health and sustainability arguments around eating insects and get a little lesson from food history.

A food writer and a dietitian live-streamed their cooking during lockdown...then something strange started happening

In wartime England, the Ministry of Food promoted carrot as a sweetener in cakes and biscuits to replace heavily-rationed sugar. But their recipe for carrot cake is very different to the cream-cheese-coated cake we cook today.

I’m so proud to have worked on this video series with the Australian Macadamia Society featuring some truly amazing creators.

This recipe is a modern interpretation of an operational supper at Bomber Command. It’s the kind of thing that today we order for brunch in a cafe after a night out, when we want grease to soak up the excesses of the previous night. But at Bomber Command, stomachs were being lined for a different reason.

Read my article from Wellbeing magazine issue 189 on the benefits of Community Supported Agriculture for both farmers and eaters.

They are a superfood protein that are sustainably farmed using the food waste from commercial kitchens. But there’s a catch.

I feel like we can all do with a little escapism. I know I need an opportunity to get out the house - even if it is only to take a trip down memory lane. Since every second person seems to be baking sourdough bread while in isolation at home, I thought I’d start by writing up my day spent baking bread at River Cottage HQ in Devon, England.

You know that making a cookbook is the direction your content marketing needs to go, but you also know you don’t have the resources in your team to pull it together - especially when it comes to writing the words. Here are the ways a professional writer can help.