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So Much More | Melon, Cucumber & Fig Salad

So Much More | Melon, Cucumber & Fig Salad

Summer is for salads, as you know, and blue skies and bare feet and rosé and all the rest. And every year I say that summer isn’t over until it’s over, which might have something to do with being married to a teacher who is back in the thick of things even though it’s still August […]

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Obsessed with simplicity | Cucumber, Feta & Mint Salad

Obsessed with simplicity | Cucumber, Feta & Mint Salad

I am obsessed with the pursuit of simplicity. I love simple meals, advanced planning and an empty inbox. I just re-tidied my home, Marie Kondo-style. The idea of a very simple life has me utterly captivated. Yet despite my efforts and preoccupation, the older I get, the harder this seems to achieve. I know why I crave […]

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all at once

all at once

And all at once, the markets are overflowing with bright spring greens, fresh favas, formidable artichokes, rosy strawberries, slender asparagus and so much more. I hear that warmth and sunshine are bursting through after the long, weary winter that so many east of here endured. Flowers are blooming, baby geese are hatching and we’re dreaming […]

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