About Annabel

Cooking has given me enormous pleasure throughout my life. I actually trained in horticulture and learned to cook by gaining experience on the job. Now I find those two elements have come together in my quest to help people make the right food choices, environmentally, nutritionally and economically. Working professionally in the kitchen for the last twenty years has also taught me that along with good-quality ingredients, confidence is the key to cooking success. All my recipes are thoroughly and professionally tested in our kitchen to ensure you get stress-free, foolproof results.

My aim is to be your guide. I want to share my knowledge, skills and experience so your cooking can be more rewarding and fun. The language of food is universal - we can all share and take pleasure in it. No matter what the season, the budget, or the company, good food is the right of us all.

Some of you may already know that I am an active campaigner against the entry of GM (genetically engineered or modified organisms) into our food chain. I think that this is a very important issue, perhaps the most important issue of our times. I would urge you to find out more about the significance of GM and support GM-free food production wherever you live. In her book of essays, Small Wonder, novelist (and biologist) Barbara Kingsolver, has written a succinct piece on why this issue is so environmentally important. Entitled ‘A Fist in the Eye of God’, it offers compelling reading. Ruth Ozeki’s latest novel, All over Creation, is another excellent read on the subject; it weaves a great story through some of the key GM issues we face globally.