Getting into the habit of switching a timer on will, I promise, save you from any number of kitchen disasters.

Food is for eating, and good food is to be enjoyed... I think food is, actually, very beautiful in itself.

Hopefully people will be inspired to cook. It's my mission to persuade people not to be afraid of cooking.

The thing I can't resist is a pork pie. That's my idea of a lovely treat.

The real love for somebody comes from getting to know them very well.

A cake is a very good test of an oven: if it browns too much on one side and not on the other, it's not your fault - you need to have your oven checked.

A hen's egg is, quite simply, a work of art, a masterpiece of design and construction with, it has to be said, brilliant packaging!