Food and cooking

Even if you have never made anything more adventurous than spag bol it is never too late to kindle an interest in cooking if the prospect of bad Chinese takeaway for the rest of your life after divorce is about as appealing as eating your own leg.

It is an unfortunate but sad fact of life that many people in the UK no longer possess the skills necessary to make a balanced meal. Make your life after divorce the starting point for eating well.

Struggling to cook with blunt knives of saucepans with wobbly handles is not only frustrating but dangerous. If you are to make the most of your time in your post divorce kitchen then invest in some decent equipment.

Anyone can learn to be a good cook, it just takes a little application and a refusal to be intimidated by all the conflicting advice coming from the food industry and others with a vested interest.

Does molecular cookery mystify you? Do you want to know the difference between pesto and pistou? What are wall fish? Is it true that you can meet the man or woman of your dreams in the aisles of the local supermarket?

To cheer you up in your life after divorce, we will be running an occasional series of affectionate send ups of some of our best known and admired chefs and chefettes. Here is the tale of 'Huge' Furnlee Wittgenstein.