Zissy Lewin

1180 posts

Copywriter, content creator and recipe developer that never misses #MorningMovement, loves to read and trawl foreign grocery stores. Zissy believes you don’t need an occasion to make a fancy meal, being alive is the occasion.

Cinnamon Twists from Puff it Up

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Cinnamon Twists from Puff it Up

By Zissy LewinFebruary, 19, 20262 min read

What can you do with 1 sheet of puff pastry and 1 ...

Julie Tudor is not a psychopath {Review}

Julie Tudor is not a psychopath {Review}

By Zissy LewinFebruary, 18, 20262 min read

As soon as I sat down, Ffion shoved a piece of paper ...

Japchae aka sweet potato glass noodles from Cook Korea

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Japchae aka sweet potato glass noodles from Cook Korea

By Zissy LewinFebruary, 12, 20264 min read

Cookbook author Billy Law, turned his obsession of Korean cuisine into a ...

The Dead Husband Cookbook {Review}

The Dead Husband Cookbook {Review}

By Zissy LewinFebruary, 4, 20262 min read

I hadn’t realised how much work came after you got the dream, ...

Storytelling for Small Businesses {Review}

Storytelling for Small Businesses {Review}

By Zissy LewinJanuary, 30, 20262 min read

Hot tip: Don’t wait until you’ve gathered a novel’s worth of data. ...

Wicked Smart {Review}

Wicked Smart {Review}

By Zissy LewinJanuary, 28, 20263 min read

People don’t naturally think in statistics. They think in stories. Page 121 In a ...

Classic Vanilla Cupcakes from The Cupcakes Cookbook

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Classic Vanilla Cupcakes from The Cupcakes Cookbook

By Zissy LewinJanuary, 13, 20263 min read

I had very little expectations when The Cupcakes Cookbook landed on my ...

The Second Chance Convenience Store Book {Review}

The Second Chance Convenience Store Book {Review}

By Zissy LewinDecember, 11, 20252 min read

When Bob Dylan was young, his grandmother told him that happiness isn’t ...

Careless People: A story of where I used to Work {Review}

Careless People: A story of where I used to Work {Review}

By Zissy LewinDecember, 5, 20253 min read

Silicon Valley is awash in wooden Montessori toys and shrouded in total ...

Annabel and her sisters {Review}

Annabel and her sisters {Review}

By Zissy LewinDecember, 3, 20252 min read

‘There was a clock on the mantel above the fireplace, I remember, ...

Summer Island {Review}

Summer Island {Review}

By Zissy LewinNovember, 19, 20252 min read

'I want us to be brothers again. ' 'We’ve always been brothers,' Dean ...

Fasolatah Soup from The Lucky Kitchen

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Fasolatah Soup from The Lucky Kitchen

By Zissy LewinNovember, 2, 20252 min read

The Lucky Kitchen is the first cookbook from Angie Batis Durrant, a ...

The Texas Murders {Review}

The Texas Murders {Review}

By Zissy LewinOctober, 22, 20252 min read

'What happened? Where have you been?' The voice urges her that if ...

Let the Bad Time Roll {Review}

Let the Bad Time Roll {Review}

By Zissy LewinOctober, 2, 20252 min read

Daniel had always thought he'd suit immortality. A tragic figure, taking lovers ...

Waste Wars {Review}

Waste Wars {Review}

By Zissy LewinSeptember, 30, 20253 min read

The tragedy of the waste trade isn’t that it started happening. It’s ...

The Girl with Suitcase {Review}

The Girl with Suitcase {Review}

By Zissy LewinSeptember, 26, 20252 min read

We never knew what we had, did we? Not until everything went ...

Deep Blue: Veruska De Vita on the Pull of the Ocean

Deep Blue: Veruska De Vita on the Pull of the Ocean

By Zissy LewinSeptember, 25, 20254 min read

I meet Veruska De Vita at Freshly Ground in Rosebank. She’s wearing ...

The Equality of Shadows {Review}

The Equality of Shadows {Review}

By Zissy LewinSeptember, 25, 20252 min read

How is it that some people hold a memory of something that ...

The Best Marble Cake Recipe from Cakes and Pastries

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The Best Marble Cake Recipe from Cakes and Pastries

By Zissy LewinSeptember, 16, 20253 min read

You’d think by now I’d learn not to judge a cookbook by ...

Vianne {Review}

Vianne {Review}

By Zissy LewinSeptember, 9, 20252 min read

My mother taught me to take what I could from the world, ...

Salmon Rainbow Bowls from Simple Suppers

Salmon Rainbow Bowls from Simple Suppers

By Zissy LewinSeptember, 7, 20252 min read

Gourmet meals for the time poor. That’s how I’d describe Simple Suppers ...