I sometimes think the chef end of cooking is not the real end of cooking. Cooking is all about homes and gardens, it doesn't happen in restaurants

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

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

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.

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

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

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!

A measuring jug is also vital when cooking rice, as this is always measured by volume rather than by weight

If I was a Mayor, I would sort the traffic out and that includes public transport. The traffic jams really get on my nerves.

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

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

And I kind of love it that you want to know everything.

Nothing is so hideous as an obsolete fashion.

One never reaches home, but wherever friendly paths intersect the whole world looks like home for a time.

If you think spreading money around by force seems like an odd definition of fairness, you're not alone.

Jeri Brown has it all - adventurous spirit, superb musicianship, and technique to spare.

See how God ever like with like doth pair, And still the worthless doth the worthless lead!

The first book we fall in love with shapes us every bit as much as the first person we fall in love with.

A library is an adjustable wrench for opening the head.

I have the greater glory of God, the history is His story, that He is in charge and ultimately He knows what He's doing.

There is no inevitable connection between Christianity and cynicism. Truth is not a salad, is it, that you must always dress it with vinegar?