Author: Madeleine D’Este

Madeleine D’Este is a writer, reviewer and podcaster from Melbourne, Australia. Her series of cosy mystery steampunk novellas The Antics of Evangeline, her dark feminist fantasy novel Women of Wasps and War and her young adult supernatural novel The Flower and The Serpent are all available from Amazon.
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Food & New Beginnings: How We Celebrate by Eating Circles

by Madeleine D’Este

We humans, love to eat and we love to celebrate with food, from weddings to birthdays to a Sunday family lunch. Whilst our customs might be different, all around the world we celebrate new beginnings, whether that is a new year, a new marriage or a new baby. And while the food we serve to celebrate new beginnings may be slightly different in our own corner of the globe, there seems to be a universal theme in the type of food we eat. We celebrate the new with circular-shaped food.

The Four-Leaf Clover: Druids, Eden, and… Handbags?

by Madeleine D’Este

Generally, clover represents protection, fertility and abundance, but where does the widespread belief in a four leaf clover’s good luck come from?

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