A friend and his wife started a bakery business. Baking was their passion. They had never started a business before, or worked in a retail bakery, but their family and friends loved their cupcakes. Before they knew it, they were getting many orders and had no other choice but to open a retail bakery.

 I usually make soup with pumpkin, but this time I happened to stumble on another recipe of DeliciouslyElla: pumpkin bread!

As a mother of twin toddlers with very different food tastes, I have come to realise that feeding is probably the hardest part of parenting! Below are a few tips that have helped me as a nutritionist and as a parent. Give it a try and let us know how you get on!

Sitting on a balcony overlooking a paddy field, I started to pen this article. I was in Bali for the Ubud Writers’ and Readers’ Festival. I had wanted to go there ever since I heard about the festival a while ago but, like most things that require ring-fencing time and personal space, I put it off.