November: Finding My Rhythm Again
A slow Sunday reflection on coming home, grounding myself, and remembering what’s enough.
It’s Sunday afternoon, and I’m back at my kitchen bench with a cup of tea and a toasted fruit-and-nut English muffin from Harris Farm… highly recommend, by the way. Basil’s asleep somewhere nearby, the house smells faintly of toast and green, pear tea, and I thought it was about time I caught you up.
It’s been a little while since my last letter, September, I think… and the weeks since have been full. Six weeks in Southern Italy and a slow Greek island gave me everything I didn’t know I was craving: space, inspiration, sunshine, and stillness. But coming home this time felt different. I was filled with ideas, new retreats, launches, creative projects, yet completely unsure where to start. That post-travel blur where your heart’s still somewhere else and your brain’s already sprinting ahead.
Every year, travel does this to me. It cracks me open a little, reminds me how much beauty exists in imperfection, how full life can feel when it’s unhurried. It always leaves me dreaming bigger, but also wanting less.
Lately, that’s been the theme that keeps whispering back to me… enough. I even spoke about it in a short reel on Instagram recently, and it clearly struck a chord. It reminded me that maybe we’re all searching for that balance, the space between ambition and contentment, between doing and being.
Since being home, I’ve finally found my footing again. Retreats for next year are locked in, JT Consulting has officially launched (which still feels surreal to say out loud), and I’m anchoring myself in what this space … The Flavour Journal… really is.
It’s not a marketing platform or a polished highlight reel. It’s the space where I come to write about life, food, and the messy, beautiful in-between. Because food, at its core, has always been my language, it’s how I connect, how I reflect, how I slow down.
And that’s what I want to carry into the months ahead … this gentle reminder that I am enough, I have enough, and so are you.
Thanks for sitting with me for tea today. I’ve missed writing to you.
A few of my favourite things this month
A monthly addition to The Flavour Journal where I share what I’m loving, from what I’m cooking to the places I’ve eaten and the little wins that are bringing joy behind the scenes.
Recipe of the Month
This month’s two standouts?
– BBQ Feta Stuffed Dates – salty, sweet and gooey on the inside. These will be a regular at my summer BBQ’s/
– Dakos Salad– my love letter to a European summer. I bet this will become one of your favourite summer salads.
Photos by my beautiful & talented friend from Moud Media
Eat Like a Local
Okay, this one might be a little too far for a casual Sunday lunch… but if you ever find yourself in Puglia, you need to add this to your list.
Hidden in the forest just outside Altamura, Baby Dicecca is the kind of place you’d never stumble across, but never forget once you do.
Run by Vito Dicecca, whose family is behind Caseificio Dicecca, one of the most iconic cheesemakers in Puglia, this wine and cheese bar is a celebration of slow food, local produce, and generational passion.
Unassuming. Intentional. Deeply local.
Things I’m Loving
Not your usual list… but that’s kind of the point.
– ‘This is Us’ fruit & nut sourdough muffins: I picked these up from Harris Farm and I’m obsessed. Toasted with a little butter, they’re the perfect slow morning treat.
– Ceramics from Puglia: As usual, I posted a few pieces from my favourite ceramics store in Puglia home. Each one feels like a small reminder of long lunches and olive groves.
– Notion: If you’ve spoken to me at all lately, you already know. I’ve gone all in. It’s become my brain, my planner, my everything and it’s genuinely changed how I run my week.
So much of this spoke deeply to me. I’m glad I found this to read and connect. Thank you. X