I AM frantically whisking my sabayon (egg yolks, sugar, wine) over a hot bain marie but it absolutely refuses to thicken. “Come on, guys, you need to finish this now!” barks Ann!. Sebastian, my cooking partner, isn’t happy. “Did you prick the bottom of the tarts before putting them in the oven?” I have easily baked a thousand tarts in my life up to that point. It’s straightforward, I know the drill. I flush. “Christ, I forgot!” Ann comes over to investigate. “My sabayon won’t thicken,” I wail. “That’s because the pot isn’t properly over the induction ring,” says Ann.

The Unification Church declared 13 days of mourning today for its controversial founder the Rev Sun Myung Moon.

Unification Church founder the Rev Sun Myung Moon is fighting for his life in hospital, suffering from pneumonia.

The Vatican today threatened to excommunicate an archbishop who married this at a Moonie mass weddings.

A Catholic Archbishop is to marry a Korean woman and join the Moonies.