Real food meas big-flavoured, unpretentious cooking. Good ingredients made into something worth eating. Just nice, uncomplicated food..

Food is, for me, for everybody, a very sexual thing and I think I realised that quite early on. I still cannot exaggerate how just putting a meal in ….

It is the deep, salty stickiness of food that intrigues me more than any other quality..

It is impossible not to love someone who makes toast for you..

There is too much talk of cooking being an art or a science – we are only making ourselves something to eat..

It is impossible not to love someone who makes toast for you....Once the warm, salty butter has hit your tongue, you are smitten. Putty in their hand….

It must have been the lack of nutrients that gave my father his temper. He is not a sweet man despite a very sweet tooth..

Pamper a tomato, overfeed it, overwater it and you will get a Paris Hilton of a tomato..

I cannot go any further without mentioning my favourite biscuit of all time, now sadly, tragically, extinct. The oaty, crumbly, demerara notes of the….

Food has been my career, my hobby, and, it must be said, my escape..

British food is a celebration of comfort eating. Our traditional savoury recipes are all about warmth and sustenance, our puddings a roll call of swe….

Well let's face it, who on earth besides antique dealers and gay couples actually still give dinner parties?.

Good kitchens are not about size; they are about ergonomics and light..

Almost anything is edible with a dab of French mustard on it..