A little background

I worked in digital marketing for 10 years, but when I had my son in 2010 I made the decision to leave work so I could be a full-time mum. In 2012 I had a daughter. As much as I loved full-time motherhood, for my sanity’s sake, I needed a creative outlet. So, I started Well Worn Whisk in April 2012. 

Food has always been more than fuel to me, though it’s hard to elucidate on exactly what I mean when I say that. Food features at the centre of many fond childhood memories: sitting at the kitchen table with my Mum eating delicious, buttery banana sandwiches as a toddler; making Christmas pudding almost every October, the boozy and fruity concoction filling the kitchen with Christmas smells two months too early; cooking my first grown up recipe, from an M&S cookbook, of chicken in white wine sauce for my Nana during the summer holidays. Even during the troubling teenage years, whilst I was baking cakes and sometimes tea for the family, in my head I was presenting a TV show, sharing the recipes to an imaginary audience via a non-existent camera. It’s fair to say food has always stirred my imagination. If a better word existed I would use it, but I guess I would say I am definitely a ‘foodie’.

When I met my partner, Adam, I found my soulmate, and it was quickly clear that we were kindred spirits in the kitchen. During the first few months of meeting whilst at university we got to know each other by cooking massive Sunday lunches, fish pies, and lasagnes for his housemates - that and going to the pub a lot. And almost 13 years later, we cook, eat, shop for, and talk about food together constantly. Food has been a non-stop thread throughout our relationship; a constant source of comfort and pleasure that we now include our kids in. This little culinary journey is not one I am embarking on alone and I could not even begin to attempt to create a food blog without giving gargantuan credit to Adam: a more careful and naturally talented cook than I am, he is very much as food obsessed as me, and many of ‘our’ old recipes are actually his. 

I can definitely say that almost a year after beginning this blog my cooking (and photography!) has improved. Just knowing I have a small but important audience makes me try harder. I hope that my blog inspires busy people, parents in particular, to cook from scratch more. My recipes are always easy (if I can do them anyone can), normally fairly nourishing and wholesome, and hopefully always delicious. I am by no means perfect. I sometimes eat cereal for dinner. But most days I exhaust myself to put a decent home cooked meal on the table. Why? Because making delicious food for the people you love is the best thing in the world as far as I'm concerned. 

If you want to get in touch with me for any reason, please do. I can be reached by email at: wellwornwhisk at gmail dot com.


Last updated March 19th, 2013.