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Even though I'm big on recipes, I love to make up my own dishes and when you take a risk in the kitchen, you learn a lot about food!

I like cooking, but I think someone else ought to do the dishes.

I enjoy watching talented cooks bringing together ingredients into a fabulous dish.

I love food and am very good at improvising when preparing it - it's a really creative experience for me.

You don't have to stick with these recipes. They're guides. As I say, they're a way in. Have fun with them. It's an easier way to cook in a busy life, once you get the hang of it.

Food to me, in one word, is 'creativity' or 'expression.' It's simply, 'This is who I am at this point in time, and this is what I want to cook for you.'

I adore recipes that make use of one cut of meat or a whole animal to create a complex dish, loaded with flavour.

I'm a simple cook, and there's a lot I don't eat. But food is important. It translates so easily into pleasure.

I can't cook, but I have a nice book of menus... and I can plate and set the table.

When I first started to cook, I would cook these elaborate meals, but I rarely cook at home now.