Recipe ideas from Michelle Darmody

Writing about food is a funny thing, I feel there is a responsibility that comes with it. If you, the reader, are going to spend your time and money on recipes they need to be manageable, nutritious and affordable.

I would like to tell you to cook everything from scratch, bake your own bread, to go to your local farmers, see what they are growing and cook with whatever you find, to tell you to go to your small family-run butchers, fishmongers, cheese-makers.

This would lead to a healthier population, less childhood obesity, a more stream-lined health system and a much happier population. But you and I and everyone else knows that this is not possible for the vast majority of us.