Cooking: Simply and Well, for One or Many

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Those spoilt types, like me, who are fortunate enough to eat occasionally at Quo Vadis will turn immediately to pies (“even the planet must have a crust”), knowing that no one on Earth makes a better one, before checking the index (I’ll save you the bother: it’s pages 144-5) for Lee’s smoked eel sandwich, for my money the greatest thing to appear on any menu (or cookbook page) since, yup, sliced bread. The company required for almond tart, mostly inspired by my dad, it must be said, is a jug of custard, warm or chilled, Jersey cream, whipped cream and ice cream.

We were on the lookout for books that will be absolute keepers – the ones you’ll still be using a decade from now. Philip Stone, media manager at Nielsen BookData, says: “Overall, sales of cookbooks in the UK in 2022 are down six per cent versus pre-pandemic levels [compared with 2019, year-to-date].

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Ensuring the beetroots are of a similar size and shape and regardless of which method of cooking chosen, beetroots take roughly the same time to cook. Every recipe in this book feels like something we have been — or should have been — cooking all along.

Remove from the oven, place on a board, cut in half, then put on a plate and strew with more grated Parmesan. To access you ebook(s) after purchasing, you can download the free Glose app or read instantly on your browser by logging into Glose.