Vitality

Vitality: Cooking My Way Through Depression to Sanity tells the story of my move from South Africa to Dubai. In 2013, my family moved me to Dubai, and I spun into a suicidal depression. After 2 years of horror, I was saved by cooking. I cooked my way through one specific cookbook; having cooking as my anchor allowed me to find not only happiness but vitality. I learned to find happiness in the small things, a perfectly seasoned stew, a beautiful bag of ingredients. My previously black-and-white world became an array of happiness and colour once I began creating and cooking.