FOOD IS LOVE IS LIFE

               

I know of no better way of telling someone you love them than by cooking them a meal and sharing it with them. None.

I’m lucky, I grew up in a house where food was central to family life and where, from an early age, I learned the value of a quiet meal.

How the very sight of a simple roast chicken can lift the spirits and soothe the soul. How sitting at a table can provide a comforting, very human interlude in an otherwise chaotic day. How, in the peace afforded by the simple act of breaking bread, loved ones can ask each other, ‘How are you?’

My sole aim on these pages is to show you how to put the romance and pleasure back into your food life by simply taking the time to eat and eat well.

Nothing I write about here is unattainable, however. This is not a site for those in search of complex techniques and picture perfect food. Instead, all you will find are the best ingredients cooked simply, taken from the meals I cook for, and with, my wife, every day.

And nor, by the way, does The Quiet Meal have anything to do with volume; some of the best quiet meals I’ve ever had were around a raucous table. Simply, it refers to that moment where you decide to stop the noise, get off the success machine and take the time to feed yourself well. Because, after all, food is love is life.

So join me in living well. Join me for a quiet meal.