How Delia stopped me from making 300 mince pies.
Click the link to see my reading from Cream Horns and Vol au Vents at my book launch.
READ the the full story on this link
Category: I taught them to cook book
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What is cookery called now?
Government report 5/11/25 says – We recommend renaming ‘Cooking and Nutrition’ as ‘Food and Nutrition’
In 1970s my subject changed names 5 times!
Story from I taught them to cook is on this link.
Curriculum and Assessment Review says that students should have a grounding in practical cooking skills. They should also understand food hygiene and sustainability.
The focus should be on cooking healthy, nutritious meals.
Download the report on this link – go to p70
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Corned beef story
Anyone ever lost one of these?
Boys were especially good at breaking the keys on their tins.
You can read the story on this link.
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Boys don’t do cooking
Boys were able to take cookery lessons from the 70s.
Read my story of why so many came to my classes.
Jenny Ridgwell 