These poached eggs are an extremely delicate way to use miso. It certainly doesn’t punch you in the face with flavour — it’s more of a background flavour, but we love them.

A chase dream will often create a sense of dread, anxiety, panic, frustration or fear. The first step is to consider in what areas of your life you may be experiencing these feelings.

Dreaming of broken things, may mean you are devastated, strangely detached, or even relieved or elated. You may want to fix the broken thing, hide it, forget it or simply not care what happens to it anymore.

Babies and children are symbolically connected to creativity. They represent the new, the idea that something that once never existed can be brought into the world through a sacred process. Closely related to this is the idea of care and nurturing; that vulnerable things can be kept safe and encouraged to flourish.

Dreams about being attacked often relate to feelings of your own vulnerability. While they may be disturbing to experience, attack dreams are often exploring sources of pain or control in order to be released from it.

Synchronicity happens when you start to realise how everything is connected. It begins with dreaming of things we have seen or experienced in waking life and comes full circle when we see or experience things in waking life that we have already dreamed of. When this happens, it can feel a little like magic.

To truly appreciate the depth of meaning of your dreams, you must actively engage with your dreaming mind.

I love pork in a dumpling or gyoza; the fat content of really good-quality pork makes for a deliciously moist dumpling and keeps them from drying out. Makes: 12–14 =R1=

Going into a cave can be a journey of self-exploration that could be profoundly transformative. It is not unusual to dream of caves or underground when going through a significant learning or growth phase. The dark unknown can be a symbol for exploring something new, but it can also be a far more profound symbol of facing your deeper self.

How ancient yoga philosophies can help you create calm amid modern calamity.

Miso is made in a few different varieties. White miso is a lighter version and is sometimes referred to as light miso, and is often sweeter and has a shorter fermentation time.

Jackie French reminds us of the power of gardening to make us feel — literally — grounded again, hands in the soil, and face among the greenery and flowers.