Catherine Phipps Moroccan Spiced Lamb with Mint and Watermelon Salad

I THOUGHT the slow cooker and pressure cooker had gone out with the flood, but I was quite wrong.

Having heard a recent BBC Radio 4 programme on the subject, I discovered that sales are booming once again.

Celebrity chefs are not exactly waxing lyrical on TV cooking programmes about the Thermomix and Pacojet but the blogosphere is hopping.