Everybody knows that cooking professionally is hard. The hours are long, the work is stressful. Kitchens are hot, inhospitable and downright dangerous places to work. It’s relentless work, with wave after wave of possible problems and things that could – and do – go wrong. But to some people, cooking is in their blood. It’s [...]
There’s no point at all in beating about the bush here. I’ll show my cards right from the start. Canteen: Great British Food book struck me immediately as one of those cookbooks that’s going to see some heavy use in my kitchen. It will soon be battered and splattered, spilled over and greasy, such is [...]
There are a lot of myths about game. It’s hard to get hold of. It tastes strong, sometimes bitter. You’ll crack your teeth on lead shot. You can ruin a dish by cooking it for a few seconds too long. As with all myths, these and most of the rest are completely untrue. Game has [...]
There should be little doubt that Britain has a problem with its’ weight. Current estimates rate the level of obesity at around a quarter of the population. That’s a lot of big people. The traditional British diet, heavy in saturated fats and carbohydrates, added to an ever more sedentary lifestyle would seem to be the [...]
One of the things I remember best about my mum is that she used to be shocked and appalled by anything she thought was ‘rude, lewd or crude’, to use her exact and frequently repeated words. Growing up, this boiled down into the complete and total ban on all kinds of swearing, and also, strangely, [...]