Food
Cooking cold – with ‘The World’s Strongest Librarian’
Josh Hanagarne, aka The World’s Strongest Librarian has Tourette’s Syndrome. We asked him to tell us about the challenges that living with Tourette's presents, if you aspire to a make and mend lifestyle. Here's what he told us: The ...
Food
Hugh’s Fearnley-Whittingstall’s book and his love of packed lunches
Award winning writer, broadcaster, food campaigner and restaurant owner Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall talks about food, why making his wife’s packed lunch is so important and reveals he was a picky eater as a child. Guess what his ...
Food
Confessions of a reluctant jam maker
Well I have to write this as I promised to do so in my earlier piece Why I'm going to make jam, which I think would be more appropriately titled as "Reluctant confessions of a novice jam maker". I'm no longer reluctant to make jam - but I ...
Food
Why I’m going to make jam
I always thought people who make jam must be slightly bonkers and definitely fully paid-up members of the Women's Institute (nowt wrong with that I hear you cry and you'd be quite right - but I've personally never felt quite ready for the ...
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