britishfood

On Friday of each week, I plan on suggesting a cookbook or a store where you can buy ingredients, a website, etc, and it would seem somehow sacrilegious to discuss English food and not mention Delia Smith.

Growing up in England, everyone knows Delia. She is the familiar face you turn to when you need to know how something should be done properly. Of course, she also seemed to display a level of perfection and order that would be completely inconceivable in my kitchen. Where she has a neat row of food processors waiting to be used, I am quickly rinsing something off to reuse it.

On British TV since 1972, she started with the basics. Show people how to cook and they will start to eat good food. She quickly became such a phenomenon that her show can cause ingredients or utensils to have a sudden rush of sales.

Delia is also practical. She caused a huge stir this year by publishing her new book, How To Cheat At Cooking in which the doyenne of homemade sauces and carefully chopped vegetables endorsed using pre-bought ingredients such as frozen mashed potatoes to save time.

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