As you’ve probably heard or read, I recently became 1/3rd of a popup store here in Frankfurt called mer. It took about three months of planning—and painting—to create this space and one of the...
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The Stories
Nigella Lawson's moist flourless clementine cake
May 01, 2019
I stumbled across this recipe in a very oblique manner a couple of weeks ago and can safely say it’s getting filed away in the “Make again and again” category. An article on Food52 with it’s “The One Piece of Nigella Lawson Advice...
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Zucchini Pancakes with Herbs and Feta
Apr 10, 2019
The inspiration for this recipe came from a pile of zucchini we had lying in our fridge. It’s one of those vegetables we buy on the repeat and I’m a fan—but this week these particular zucchinis weren’t inspiring anything but dread that we’d...
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Marinated Olives and Feta
Mar 06, 2019
4 Ingredient Vegan Coconut Flatbread
Feb 20, 2019
We recently spent ten days at the Villa de Zoysa, a yoga retreat set on the coast of southwestern Sri Lanka. Arriving bleary-eyed at 8 am after a...
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Potato & Cauliflower Sheet Pan Biryani
Dec 05, 2018
Biryani. The mere word is fragrant, delicate, delicious and laden with memories. It’s that special dish that gets hours of attention and drives you slightly out of your mind with its scents, so delicious that plates empty...
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Moong Daal Khichdi
Sep 12, 2018
Khichdi (pronounced Khi-cha-ri) is one of those quintessential dishes one almost only eats at home. Every family probably has its own version of this dish and the differences can vary from tiny variations in spices to more fundamental ones about how many...
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Broccoli Hummus Breakfast Plate
Aug 16, 2018
This is a versatile and very easy dish, perfect those looking to eat low-carb and vegetarian. It’s packed with protein and fibre and can be easily adapted for different seasonal produce. At its base, it has pan-roasted vegetables (here, broccoli) set over a...
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Sunshine Citrus Lemonade
Aug 02, 2018
The very warm weather we’re currently experiencing has me panting a bit. But I’m not complaining at all: it’s wonderful to have such a long stretch of warm days and blue skies. It makes me think of India and summers there, and...
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