Anti-Recipe Book
Many years ago I started to write about living on my own and one of the features that became clearly important was how to be single, cook badly but get away with it. I read out some of these ideas at a writing group that I attended at the time and it was suggested that they should be collated into a book. This was eventually published by Gopher Publishing. I have not set up the entire book on this web site but some of the chapters, edited here and there for modern taste in grammar and style, are here for your enjoyment.
I am not Lazy, I Just Cut Corners
Over the years, in my 40s and 50s, I got myself attuned to the subtleties in the balance between an effective, good-looking meal, and the complexity involved in preparing it. Some friends didn't see it that way. I have, in my time, been called all manner of things, particularly by women, once they have got to know me and see the apparently nonchalant, uncaring, corner-cutting, lazy way I purchase food and prepare meals...
International Rule Breaking
There are a number of reasons why I do not follow recipe books. One is the simple fun of cutting corners and breaking rules to see what turns up, but another flows from foreign travel. Once I had embarked on my second stint of being single, my interests began to extend way beyond my kitchen and even female company.