Learning to cook

About 15 years ago I found myself needing to do something about my cooking skills.

In a nutshell, I had none. No game. Nothing beyond boiling ‘Westie veges’ (frozen peas and corn), mashed potato and doing unspeakable things to meat.

At that time, Jamie Oliver was starting out with his ‘naked chef’ persona. He was compelling. He was also one of the first ‘celebrity chefs’ with an app for the iPhone. This was a life changer for me.

The app had amazing recipes and imagery. It provided guidance as to what I needed in my kitchen. What staple ingredients I should have. What staple equipment. I absorbed it all.

I loved that the recipes could then populate a shopping list on my phone. And that the shopping list could be sorted by aisle in the supermarket. So so great.

I’ve not looked back.