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Our bounceback has coincided with the arrival of spring. Hasn’t seemed to bother her although she did tell me… more > Newsletter 76-Bounceback I find it difficult to credit that my granddaughter is now six and is an enthusiastic school student with her Prep year completed mostly in front of a screen. The New Year is already well-established and we are told that we must live with Covid.

We could have gone on for hours. A lot of ground was covered from my earliest years in London in the Swinging Sixties, to the start of my various restaurants, the challenges of… more > Newsletter 77 – Belated Happy New Year (where did January go?) What a pleasure it was to spend several hours with Rosie Batty chatting about my life and the work I am currently doing.

#Cooking companions plus#

Even though she lives a long way away I am… more > Newsletter 78 – One Plus One It is always a pleasure to chat with my clever friend and colleague Annie Smithers. So it has been fun to catch up with friends and events recently. What’s Happening Newsletter 79 – Creeping out of the Covid shellĪlthough my latest book ‘Home’ was published in October, almost every event to promote it was cancelled. Signed copies available from the Kitchen Garden Foundation.

I am excited to think that maybe I have contributed something that has encouraged non-cooks to become cooks, men and boys to venture into the kitchen, good cooks to become more relaxed in their cooking, and perhaps most exciting of all, a work that speaks encouragingly to the very young.Īvailable from Booktopia and Angus & Robertson. For each ingredient there is information on varieties, season, selection, storage, preparation and cooking, as well as recipes and quick cooking ideas. The book contains information about ingredients, cooking techniques and kitchen equipment, along with inspiration, advice and encouragement and close to 1000 failsafe recipes. The 2014 revision includes two major new chapters, two expanded chapters, 70 new recipes and a complete revision of the text to reflect changes in the marketplace and new regulations. This massive volume changed my life and, if I am to believe the steady stream of letters and contacts with readers, the lives of many others. The Cook’s Companion has established itself as the kitchen ‘bible’ in over 500,000 homes since it was first published in 1996.