The food writer and broadcaster looks back on the best (and worst) meals of her life,from picky child to domestic goddessI assume of myself, in fragment, and as the sum of all the meals I’ve eaten,as much as I feel I’m the sum of all the books I’ve read. (I’m not alone in this: it’s why Nigel Slater’s Toast, or Samantha Ellis’s How To Be A Heroine, or resonate so with readers.) Having just published my 10th book,I see the mark the food I’ve eaten throughout my life has made on it, and at the same time how it is shaped by the foods I’ve more recently taken to. I don’t suppose it could honestly be otherwise.
All recipes, and whether one is writing or cooking them,command the story of one’s eating evolution. This is mine.
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Source: theguardian.com