vii #0: the index

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We’ve landed in 2025 and a happy new year to you! I’ve got lots of exciting things planned and I’m so glad you’re along for the ride.

But first, I thought I’d kick January off as I mean to go on - with a bit of a Spring clean and implementing some organisation. The longer a newsletter goes on for, the harder it might be to find a previous issue you want to re-read. Sure, you can search your email inbox, but you can also come here to the web version of vii #0 to see where things are lurking.

Currently we have 7 sections for:

• Travel

  The adventures abroad, sometimes featuring food but not always

• Simple food and 7 ingredient meals

  The easy lunches, the weeknight staples

• Seasonal food

  The produce that is at its peak and what to do with it

• Festive food

  Food with a theme or an occasion - think Christmas, Easter, Halloween…

• Feeding others (or the 5000)

  Tips for hosting, big batches and mass catering or any time you’re feeding others

• Products / businesses / restaurants

  Recommendations of my favourite things and places

• Other

  The odd newsletters out that need a home, most often on a more personal topic

Denmark

vii #8: 7 of the best things I ate in Copenhagen

vii #10: 7 hours of bakery crawling in Copenhagen

Indonesia

vii #3: 7 ingredient storecupboard dinner (Indonesian peanut sauce)

Italy

vii #1: 7 places to stay in Puglia

vii #7: 7 things I brought home from Italy

vii #34: 7 day trips in Puglia

Montenegro

vii #38: 7 cute encounters in Montenegro

vii #40: 7 days in Montenegro

UK

vii #20: 7 things to do when visiting the restaurant of the year

SIMPLE FOOD & 7 INGREDIENT MEALS

7 ingredient recipes

vii #3: 7 ingredient storecupboard dinner (Indonesian peanut sauce)

vii #15: 7 seasonal foods for January (whole roasted nduja cauliflower)

vii #18: 7 seasonal foods for February (kale pesto pasta)

vii #22: 7 seasonal foods for March (sausage, fennel and leek pasta)

vii #26: 7 memories of Grandma Pat (chocolate cheesecake)

vii #35: 7 seasonal foods for June (ricotta-stuffed courgette flowers)

vii #43: 7 seasonal foods for August (goat cheese, Serrano ham and fig quiche)

Savoury

vii #3: 7 ingredient storecupboard dinner (Indonesian peanut sauce)

vii #15: 7 seasonal foods for January (whole roasted nduja cauliflower)

vii #17: 7 dishes from 1 batch cook

vii #18: 7 seasonal foods for February (kale pesto pasta)

vii #22: 7 seasonal foods for March (sausage, fennel and leek pasta)

vii #25: 7 of my meal prep essentials

vii #31: 7 dishes for a pistachio party

vii #32: 7 seasonal foods for May (dippy eggs and griddled asparagus)

vii #35: 7 seasonal foods for June (ricotta-stuffed courgette flowers)

vii #43: 7 seasonal foods for August (goat cheese, Serrano ham and fig quiche)

Sweet

vii #16: 7 variations on granola (maple nut granola)

vii #26: 7 memories of Grandma Pat (chocolate cheesecake)

vii #39: 7 seasonal foods for July (nectarine frozen yoghurt)

Winter

vii #15: 7 seasonal foods for January

vii #18: 7 seasonal foods for February

Spring

vii #22: 7 seasonal foods for March

vii #27: 7 ways with wild garlic

vii #28: 7 seasonal foods for April

vii #32: 7 seasonal foods for May

Summer

vii #35: 7 seasonal foods for June

vii #39: 7 seasonal foods for July

vii #43: 7 seasonal foods for August

Autumn

British Pie Week

vii #21: 7 pie top tips

Easter

vii #29: 7 ponderings on chocolate

Halloween

vii #4: 7 fangtastic treats for Halloween

Christmas

vii #9: 7 homemade Christmas gift ideas

vii #11: 7 foods to prep ahead at Christmas

vii #12: 7 of my Christmas dinner essentials

vii #13: 7 common leftovers and how to revive them

Feasting

vii #11: 7 foods to prep ahead at Christmas

vii #12: 7 of my Christmas dinner essentials

vii #31: 7 dishes for a pistachio party

vii #37: 7 dishes for a Middle Eastern feast

Big batch energy

vii #2: 7 ways to feed your fussy friends

vii #17: 7 dishes from 1 batch cook

vii #25: 7 of my meal prep essentials

Products

vii #29: 7 ponderings on chocolate (products, pairings, recipes)

Restaurants

vii #6: 7 dishes to order at Fonda (Fonda, London)

vii #20: 7 things to do when visiting the restaurant of the year (Osip, Somerset)

vii #42: 7 flavours from Big Kid Ice Cream (Big Kid, London)

Personal

vii #36: 7 things you might not know about me

vii #5: 7 comments from a cat lady

Sucre: Guest interview

vii #26: 7 ingredient chocolate cheesecake (and 7 fond memories of Grandma Pat)

vii #30: 7 foods I wish I liked (but just don’t)

Kitchen

vii #21: 7 pie top tips

vii #24: 7 kitchen renovation reflections

vii #33: 7 kitchen hacks

Guest issues

vii #37: 7 dishes for a Middle Eastern feast by

Just a girl called Han

Other

vii #19: 7 Substack newsletters I love and why

vii #23: 7 ways to be kinder to yourself

vii #41: the 7 hour expedition to London

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