There’s an old take that implies that if your heart is heavy, you should eat something sweet. I subscribe to the idea, even if I’ve hardly followed it. To be honest, I think some of the moments when I’ve felt…

The fact that the weather has been upside down and undecided whether winter has begun or not has left my system feeling down somehow. I’ve had to bombard myself with anti-cold meds and remedies, with lemon and ginger now a…