Rajasthani parathas (a flatbread native to the Indian subcontinent) are made with a blend of chickpea and wheat flour, and this version is spiced with curcuma, fenugreek and ajvan seeds.

On Zanzibar, an insular autonomous region of Tanzania, I met Zainabu, originally from Mozambique and now frying doughnuts in a road stall.

She fried many a day and taught me how to make them.

This is how the love women from a Moldovan village cooked Borscht, a beautifully coloured beetroot soup. Normally topped with cream and /or a boiled egg, a plant based version is easily adjusted.

Oncology surgeon Eva Noorda wanted a new corporate identity, website, logo and social media strategy that would enable her to incorporate her knowledge of lifestyle and evidence-based complementary measures into regular oncology practice.

For the BOOG I designed a Moleskine A5 notebook with an engraved wooden pencil (not in the photo) and matching card: a Christmas present for the board.

It’s not threateningly cold on my French mountain as yet, but I have prepared myself. Not least because I have more talent for preparing Christmas dinners for birds than for people.⠀

Moeten we allemaal een tarotkaartje leggen en een ‘bliss card deck course’ volgen om ons ‘light inside’ te vinden? En vrees de godin Kali niet, lieve vrouwen! Want er is geen licht zonder donkerte!

This dense, mildly sweet, hearty rye bread is traditionally prepared over the course of 12 or more hours by placing the dough into covered pots and sinking these into geothermal springs. It’s sliced thin and served with smoked, cured, or pickled foods

Kimchi is a fermented food, which makes it an excellent probiotic. The same lactobacilli bacteria you find in yogurt and other fermented dairy products are also found in kimchi. These so-called ‘healthy bacteria’ in kimchi can help you maintain a healthy digestion.