On the whole, I prefer Christmas as an adult than I did as a child.

I can understand why those primitive desert people think a camera steals their soul. It is unnatural to see yourself from the outside.

I was a quiet teenager, introverted, full of angst.

And cooking is about balance and harmony.

On the whole, I prefer Christmas as an adult than I did as a child.

I was brought up an atheist and have always remained so. But at no time was I led to believe that morality was unimportant or that good and bad did not exist. I believe passionately in the need to distinguish between right and wrong and am somewhat confounded by being told I need God, Jesus or a clergyman to help me to do so.

It s easier to impress someone than to give them pleasure.