Hi and welcome,

I’ve been a freelance journalist (and a few other things) since 2010. During most of that time, home was in Cambodia—go there if you haven’t yet—where I wrote for national, regional, and international publications, covering everything from travel and culture to local news. Along the way, I discovered what I love most: telling the stories of people who are deeply passionate about what they do (I honestly can’t think of a better job, except maybe pet photographer, and I’m working on that too). My work has appeared in Travel+Leisure Southeast Asia, South China Morning Post, Christian Science Monitor, and the Irish Examiner, among others.

A few years ago, I went back to school, again, to boost my knowledge with a postgraduate diploma in Gastronomy and Food Studies from the incredible team at Technological University Dublin. I own far too many cookbooks, and make no apologies for that.

My two Cambodian cats and I now live at the foot of the Pyrenees in Southwest France. They’re happy because they still get to hunt snakes (and hide them in my bed). I’m happy because I live in the most beautiful part of the world that nobody seems to have heard of, The Béarn—see below and, again, go visit if you haven’t yet. I’ll gladly show you around.

My focus now is on writing about this region, about food wherever it may be found, and about the people whose passions inspire the world around them.

And when I’m not doing that, I’m also a yoga teacher and aspiring pet and garden photographer.

Get in touch if you’d like to work together/find out more/invite me to dinner.

Photo: motorcycle trip on a HOT day in Cambodia!