This week the lovely Dollymixers share with us...
"Are you a good cook? If so, what is your favourite thing to make? If not, what’s the biggest kitchen disaster you’ve ever had?"
Susi Weaser:
I love cooking. Radio on loud, glass of red wine and a cupboard full of ingredients – it’s my perfect evening. My fave is chorizo hash. In fact, anything with chorizo is my favourite.
Amber McNaught:
My mother brought me up to believe that there were too many books to read in the world to waste time slaving over a hot stove, so I can’t cook anything, and hence have had no major disasters to speak off. My mum did manage to make bright green chicken once, though.
Cate Sevilla:
I was never really properly showed how to cook. I make a mean grilled cheese, but thankfully my husband is better in the kitchen than I am, otherwise I'm not sure we'd eat. My biggest kitchen disasters would have been the Christmas brunch I ruined, and the pizza I cooked in the oven with the cardboard tray still attached...
Katherine Hannaford:
I love to cook for other people, but rarely cook when it’s just for myself, it seems like such a waste of time. I adore making cakes and sweet things, but other than that, anything with seafood. My specialty is pan-friend trout with flaked almonds, yum.
Abi Silvester:
I’m not too bad at the odd vegetarian dish, but I lack time and space to do it in (my kitchen probably sits somewhere on the legal boundary between the definitions of ‘cupboard’ and ‘box room’). My boyfriend is a much better cook than me, and is generally in charge when we have cooking sessions; my biggest disaster was probably misreading ‘tamari’ for ‘tamarind’ while making a soup.
Isabelle O'Carroll:
I am a kitchen nazi and will interfere with whatever other people are making. I like making anything, but mostly stews because they are easy, healthy and filling; my favourite would probably be lamb and lentil stew.
Katie Lee:
My boyfriend does all the cooking. We used to share the duties but eventually I realised that I don't actually enjoy it all that much - while he does. Biggest kitchen disaster - I burnt some soup in home economics class and the teacher made me blend it and eat it. I don't think I've ever laughed so much in my life.
Katie Button:
I don't really cook. I can whip up a nice special fried rice if I have to, but thankfully my boyfriend takes care of everything in the kitchen. And thank God too, otherwise it would be microwave meals all the way.
Keris Stainton:
Not so much. I once tried to make shortbread in the microwave. I halved the ingredients but didn't think to halve the cooking time. It came out like a poppadom.
Alex Roumbas:
Yes, I’m competent and inventive. I make a mean spag bol (half a teaspoon of cinnamon, trust me) and Thai Green Curry but have more fun baking and making desserts like my classic Tiramisu with grated chocolate… Mmm. My “disasters” are usually mess-based, exploding cans of chopped tomatoes and so on, but I made a really, really bad chicken casserole once by rushing it – everything disintegrated.
