New Earthling Announcement

Introducing… Anaïs Tara Dihya Iskrane Fact: The final four weeks of pregnancy are the slowest example of time passing that exists. And the first four weeks of motherhood are the quickest. To be fair, I probably made it slower than it would have been. As my impatience and general dislike of being pregnant grew to…

Food That Tastes Like Hugs

Reasons pregnancy is like one long regression into baby/toddlerhood: You become increasingly clumsy and off-balance You discover the amazing comfort of floating/balancing belly-down in the bath You want your Mum Cuddles, stretching, massage all feel 60% better than usual During the 1st trimester you can’t stand the idea of vegetables and have to sneak them into…

The Superhero Diet

Flip’s Vegan Pregnancy ‘Go-Suck-It-Old-School-Preggo-Books-And-Un-informed-Doctors’ Diet – Winter Edition At 22 weeks I am finally winning at pregnancy. I totally thought I was going to be a whinging pain for nine months but I was only a whinging pain for three, now I’m annoyingly perky. (I’m keeping some whinging in the bank for late pregnancy, don’t worry)….

La Truffe Finale

Some idiot I know started a food blog a week before coming down with a 2-month illness, during which she could not stomach the thought of food, let alone cooking, photographing, eating and writing about it. That idiot is me. And that illness is otherwise known as Pregnancy. I would love to rant about how completely…