The nature of my profession, albeit rewarding it can be also emotionally withdrawing. I have to consistently and carefully nurture and look ...

Motherhood certainly pushed me out of any form of structure and routine I furiously held myself accountable for. It brought many other pract...

Cooking will always be an ongoing journey of discovery and amazement. I’ve collected specialist books, carefully selected and filed articles...

Being a mum has helped flourished my creativity in the most unexpected ways. Every morning whilst we cycle to school, my son demands a story...

by Diana   Being on maternity leave for a second (and last!) time around, is slowly filling me with energy and creativity, which I am sure w...

by Diana Back in November when booking our Easter holidays, we naively imagined that going hiking in the Dolomites was going to imply green ...

by Diana Patacones are a twice-fried plantain snacks typical from Latin America and the Caribbean. In Venezuela, where I grew up, they are t...

by Diana I never thought that reading stories to a toddler would bring so much joy and tenderness to my life. When not trying to build a big...

by Diana January is always victimised as a somehow slightly dull month, compared to its predecessor, festive December, the soul of the party...

by Diana   Cooking and testing new recipes has been one of those things that has kept us (and yes, also the majority of the population) moti...

by Diana Although I can still almost feel the plenitude of the summer heat when writing my last post for the blog I don’t remember what it w...

by Diana When I was a child I learnt to draw palm trees with coconuts on top- and not because I would have necessarily seen them during ou...