Sophie White's new book is a genre-crossing gem mixing motherhood, mental health and cooking

Sophie White refreshingly explores topics from her life that are often seen as taboo in polite society. Clodagh Finn meets for a chat and finds out the recipes that helped her through motherhood.

WHEN columnist, chef and now author Sophie White was expecting her first baby, her mother hissed in her ear that it was not going to be plain sailing. Far from it, in fact.

She was glad of the warning because when her now-beloved son Rufus (two) arrived in the world, it was a violent, life-altering shock. “My first thought was ‘What is that?’ They look really freaky,” Sophie says, squishing up her nose.