Lemony Golden Beetroot with Lentils, Feta & Herbs

5th April 2014

Last week I made the biggest dinner of my life. After twenty-four hours of whisking, simmering and baking under the rafters of Bristol’s oldest synagogue – and in a kitchen that at times felt like it too had been put together by the fair hands of a Victorian chippy – I hosted the first Shabbat […]

Smoked Cod’s Roe, Beetroot and Yoghurt

21st August 2013

So, Big Red died. The children and I found him floating on the surface of the pond, next to the waterfall, his body fresh with death. It appears the folly was fatal – the pond was leaking and the poor guy suffocated in a glorified puddle. The Husband dug a hole and we buried him […]

Spiced Beetroot Hummus (AKA Pink Hummus to your 3 year-old)

5th February 2013

Every Wednesday, The Mother-in-Law welcomes a meditation group into her home. This small, quiet gathering of mostly women centres itself in the living room of the house bringing with it a humming, wombish equanimity that soothes the middle of the week, when the infant residents are peaking in their puissance and my maternal stability threatens […]