Girl power

How great is this poster? It's free to download from The House That Lars Built and it's by illustrator Libby VanderPloeg. I'm going to print a copy and save it for the little studio space that I'm slowly pulling together at home.

The poster was inspired by In the Company of Women, a thick book of thoughtful interviews by Design*Sponge founder Grace Bonney. I treated myself to a copy when it came out last year and have scribbled down so many great quotes.

Over the weekend, I started listening to Violet Sessions, a podcast that comes out of Violet Bakery in East London. It's hosted by Claire Ptak, who owns Violet Bakery, and journalist Danielle Radojcin.

I especially enjoyed their conversation with Penny Martin, editor of The Gentlewoman magazine and this funny chat with broadcaster and supper club host Alice Levine.  (Side note: check out Alice's pretty apartment!)

And finally, here's something I stumbled across in a comments feed on Instagram from Nirrimi, whose blog I admire. She was responding to a comment about her friendship with another talented photographer Georgia, - "I have a saying, don't be jealous be inspired."

Hope you're having a good week!

Do you have any role models?

I was texting my sister the other day and she asked whether I had any role models. I look up to lots of different people, from Sofia Coppola to Anna Sale. But these three women immediately came to mind:

A post shared by Kerry Diamond (@kerrybombe) on Apr 8, 2017 at 6:33am PDT

Kerry Diamond is the co-founder and editorial director of Cherry Bombe, a beautiful and substantial magazine about women in food. I'm inspired by her feminism, her political activism, and her commitment to diversity and community.

Kerry also hosts Radio Cherry Bombe, a weekly podcast. I can recommend this episode about a bakery with a social conscience, this interview about ice cream and the financial side of starting a business and this hilarious episode featuring Martha Stewart.

A post shared by joythebaker (@joythebaker) on Feb 12, 2017 at 1:55pm PST

I share a lot of recipes and articles from Joy the Baker and that's because Joy Wilson's blog reminds me to eat well, take risks and spend time with good people. Her recipes are reliably delicious and she writes about everything from being single to social injustice.

I've made lots of Joy's recipes but my three favourites are cookies and cream choc chip cookies, roasted tomato and garlic pasta and Thai beef and veggie bowls.

A post shared by Molly Wizenberg (@mollyorangette) on Mar 20, 2017 at 5:49pm PDT

A friend put me on to Molly Wizenberg's blog Orangette a few years ago, when we were swapping favourite recipes and food blogs. Her writing, like her Instagram account, is honest and real. She's written about how her sexuality shifted, along with what she's cooking and reading.

Recently, I enjoyed her interview on The Food Podcast and I've just ordered her first book, A Homemade Life, which includes recipes too :)

P.S The photo of Sofia Coppola inside her New York office is from Le Monde.