About me

I crossed the strait twice a day for most of my working life, and I ate at my mother’s table before and after every shift. When I retired I started writing down what she cooked, in the order she cooked it, because nobody had done it before me.

These are plain recipes for a small kitchen: pasta, tomatoes, lemons, fish when the boats are in. I give the quantities in grams and tell you where I cut corners. Readers write in, and some Thursdays the letter is an answer.