About Foodwizardry
Good food rarely starts with a perfect plan.
Hello, I’m Catherine—a food lover, enthusiastic windowsill gardener, photographer and lifelong believer in making something delicious from whatever happens to be in the cupboard.
A kitchen shaped by everywhere I’ve been
Austria to Sussex,
with plenty of flavour in between.
My cooking has been shaped by everywhere I’ve lived and travelled. I grew up in Austria, spent several years in France, lived in the United States and briefly in Brazil, and now call the Sussex countryside home. Somewhere along the way, I also worked in a pan-Asian restaurant in Vienna, where the Thai and Chinese kitchen teams introduced me to flavours and techniques that still influence the way I cook today.
Foodwizardry began as a place to bring all those experiences together.
What you’ll find here
Food worth making again.
My recipes range from simple everyday meals to dishes with a little more theatre. Some are vegetarian or vegan, some involve fish or meat, and many began because I opened the fridge and decided to work with what was already there.
You’ll also find ideas for reducing food waste, stories about independent Sussex producers, favourite markets and shops, and occasional food discoveries from further afield.
There are no rigid rules and no single way of eating here—just seasonal ingredients, bold flavours and food worth making again.
The pictures are part of the story
A real kitchen, genuine discoveries and my own photography.
Photography has always followed closely behind cooking for me, so almost every photograph on Foodwizardry is my own. These are the dishes I cook, the ingredients I find and the places I genuinely visit.
I want Foodwizardry to feel like being invited into a real kitchen: curious, generous, occasionally improvised and never too precious. I hope it encourages you to try something new, use what you already have and enjoy every bite.
Happy cooking,
Catherine
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