Sceptical Cook

I have a new cooker (a Smeg), a huge improvement on my increasingly erratic former model. The electric oven is much more efficient and relia...

Why, you may reflect on Shrove Tuesday (17 February), is the first pancake out of the pan so often a flabby, ragged mess? My theory is that ...

I have always subscribed to the view that to cook a perfect roast chicken you need to cook it at as low a temperature as possible while also...

Moussaka-style dishes, with meat or otherwise, involve quite a deal of labour. You have to slice aubergines, paint them with olive oil, and ...

In Don’t Sweat the Aubergine , I had the nerve to question Delia Smith’s method of making mashed potato, with a hand-held whisk. Overworkin...

This is a simple fish pie for a family Friday supper. The spring onions are a nice contrast with the blandness of the fish. By “a bunch”, I ...

I got this idea from Morito by Sam and Sam Clark, having introduced one of the Sams (him) at a lunch at the Cheltenham Literary Festival. I...