(and, for those who do, five sources of great bread flour)
The smell of freshly baked bread is THE great smell of home - or it should be. But it’s a distant memory for most since, like many things in the aftermath of post-war austerity, the emergence of convenience shopping and commercial bread slicing the baby [...]

It’s all very well having more curry houses per square mile than most other towns, but quality is just as important as quantity, and for that you need to travel.

There is nothing more dull than vanilla, chocolate and strawbery and what’s more there is no excuse.

Five great cheeses from just down the road.

OK time to confess. Nibbles may well be the death of me. I’ve never been able to resist them in all their unhealthy glory.

What makes a good cookbook a good cookbook gift?

The golden age of school dinners is a myth. Children will always want lunch boxes - so what can go in them that’s different without offending the lunchbox police.

Picnics are too often lard-based ordeals when they should be summer treats.

We’ve all sat at one time or another in a sad excuse for a pub garden with a fantastic view of several derelict sheds or far too close to the main road for comfort.

The perfect chip is one that someone has taken trouble over, thought about, created.