‘Most of these recipes are enough for two. I know this is slightly unusual, but I am certain that more people eat this sort of food in twos than in fours’
There’s a truth in the opening words of Nigel Slaters ‘Real Fast Food’ that disrupts the status quo of cookbooks and the way recipes are almost always written – for four people
Why do we hang on to this idea that four people is the norm in a household? it almost definitely isn’t. Is there some uncomfortable truth about our nation not being street after street of happy families or gently enjoyable dinner parties? Maybe it’s just a hangover from the Elizabeth David / Delia era – who knows.