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There used to be a time - it isn't so much the case now - that vegetarianism was some kind of religion, and either you belong or you don't belong. ”

In certain European cuisines, vegetables are cooked a long time. I take the term 'al dente' and use it for vegetables. ”

Every era has its own list of ingredients that are considered exotic and then, 15 years later, they're not. ”

Brunch, for me, is an extended breakfast that should be enjoyed whenever you have time properly to engage in cooking and eating. ”

Chinese sausage, which is widely available from Asian grocers and online, is sweet, rich, and enticingly smoky. I add it to steamed rice with strips of omelette and a few baby veg stir-fried with soy. ”

Sea spaghetti looks like dark fettuccine and has a similar texture - you can get it in health food stores or online. ”

Verjuice may not be the easiest thing in the world to find, but you should be able to track some down in good delis and online. ”

Long-, medium- and short-grain rices differ in the amount and type of starch they have. ”

Speaking as someone who didn't go through the U.K. school system, with all the culinary baggage that entails, I am inordinately fond of custard in any shape or form. ”

Infants have around 30,000 tastebuds, only about a third of which survive into adulthood, so a child's sensitivity towards extremes of sweet, sour and bitter flavours is heightened. ”