I am the hidden foodie

I am the hidden foodie. I am a mum and I have a day job but I am obsessed with food. I read about it, I dream about it, I cook it and I try every new cuisine and restaurant I can.

At the ripe age of 34 I have decided to give in to what my family and friends have know for a long time. My obsession with food! I have many early food memories of cooking with my grandmothers in their village in Lebanon. I remember waking before dawn to watch my dad's mother and my aunties prepare and bake Lebanese bread in the outdoor wood fired oven in the middle of their small village. I remember my mum's mother frying eggs collected from chickens in butter she had made on a small portable stove that sat on the floor. I remember the food I loved to eat then and still love being the simple peasant dishes, often vegetarian, with a few fresh seasonal ingredients and a lot of love.

This blog will be a collection of interesting foodie finds - small corner shops, restaurants that make great food but are not yet famous, dishes to cook and share and my favourite food related things.

I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I will enjoy writing it for you!