072: Creativity, Cookbooks, and Copper Pots with Cat Bude

Today, I’m talking with Cat Bude - an author, photographer, and recipe developer who’s spent the last decade and a half living, creating, and raising her family in the heart of Normandy. From vintage copper pots and homegrown meals to writing her cookbook French Kitchen Lessons and building an online shop with her husband, Cat shares how she turned her creative gifts into a thriving, multifaceted business. We talk about the rhythms of life in a 380-year-old farmhouse, the beauty of long meals and local markets, and how French culture has deeply shaped her values around food, creativity, and community. Cat also shares more vulnerable parts of her story—how her husband's cancer diagnosis impacted their family, what she's learned about showing up in the hard seasons, and how creativity helped her find her way back to herself. You’ll hear about community built through markets, beauty found in slowness, and the quiet courage it takes to keep showing up creatively, especially when life doesn’t go as planned.

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