The Calm Kitchen is more than just a recipe book. It’s about how the nourishment we get from food (mental and physical), cooking and ingredient-sourcing can help our wellbeing.
To celebrate our book of the month for June, we spoke to author Lorna Salmon about how cookery is crucial to her own mental health and her top kitchen tips.
" At times I struggle to put myself in social situations because they can be incredibly draining. But in recent years, I’ve noticed that food and friendship can have exactly the opposite effect. Especially when the two are combined: I feel restored. "


" As you prepare your food, enjoy the sensations of slowly peeling an orange, snapping off the woody ends of asparagus, washing mud from potatoes and rubbing butter into flour with your fingertips for scones. "
