Hi There,

Lovely to meet you!

A little bit about me:

My name is Sonja and “For The Pleasure Of Eating” is my food blog that focuses on the joy of eating while fuelling my body in a healthy way.

I’m a German living in Ireland since over 15 years. I suppose that makes me about 1/3 Irish by now.

I cooked nearly every day since I was about 16 and absolutely love experimenting with new flavours and unusual combinations. Working in a busy Rock Cafe kitchen for years before and during my apprenticeship gave me a good taste of being organised under pressure and I loved it. So while I’m by no means a trained chef, I do have over 30 years of cooking for myself and family under my belt.

And that’s exactly what I’ll share with you: Cook for yourself and your loved ones in doable yet exciting ways while incorporating lots and lots of plants, protein and sourdough.

Having done my apprenticeship and a few years of work in camera retail, gave me a good headstart on the technical aspects of photography. Plus of course doing it as a hobby for many years. Albeit more on the people photography side.

Needing a change due to arthritis, I went into IT for over 17 years.
5 of those for Blizzard Entertainment. I was one of the Gamemasters and filled multiple other roles during that time.
In the following 12 years I worked for Dell/EMC as a Business Advisor (or Workflow Manager), developing the ability to work under pressure even more.

Now I finally have the chance to start working fulltime on this blog after I was made redundant. Of course I’m grabbing that one with both hands!

My motto is: If it doesn’t create a party in my mouth, it’s not worth eating.