It makes me upset, if not angry, when people assume that there can be no morality without a religious framework. If there's a moral framework without all that religious stuff, it's more valuable.

I learned basic cookery from my mom, taught myself cake techniques and then got fed up with my own cakes not looking as good as the ones in the shops.

I adore food and always have.

People ask what the secret of a happy marriage is. If there is one, it's 'don't talk about it.

We get a lot of overseas people wanting to order cakes.

My parents were not theatrical at all.

I think all good writing is a struggle. To write as well as you feel you can has to be a struggle, almost by definition, because you could always improve.