ABOUT THIS COOK:

I love food --- thinking about it, buying it, cooking it, and, of course, eating it

• What is the strangest food you have ever eaten?
  Haggis

• What do you cook when home alone?
  pasta with anything

• Your most treasured kitchen possession:
  a wooden spatula I bought in London years ago

• The ideal number of guests for a dinner party is:
  8