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

Although a food processor is not an absolutely essential piece of equipment, because you can certainly chop, grate, slice, knead and mix everything by hand, it does do all these things very quickly and efficiently and saves you time and energy

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!

Good kitchen equipment is expensive, but most items last a lifetime and will pay for themselves over and over again

Memories are fallible and a timer can save a lot of hard work from going out of the window

My agent, Debbie, saying, 'Don't get involved in advertising.' She gets so many calls a day about me promoting a product, but I am really pleased I have never gone down that route. I don't want somebody else to make a saucepan with my name on it.

I found in my whole career the best thing that can happen to you is that you hear what people want.