Herbs deserve to be used much more liberally.
I am sure that in the story of Adam and Eve, the forbidden fruit was a fig and not an apple, pear or anything else.
Call me tacky, but I love the union of sweet and sour, even in some now-unloved Oriental dishes incorporating pineapple and ketchup.
Forget mung beans' reputation as healthy yet bland - used right, they soak up loads of flavour.
I just don't tend to cook eggplant at home.
People don't know how good cauliflower is, because they always have this image of cauliflower cheese - awful, sticky, creamy and rich.
The taste of any simple tomato-based salad is dependent on the quality of the tomatoes.
Some heat, some spice and plenty of citrus are the building blocks of many North African fish dishes.
Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you.
The way to entice people into cooking is to cook delicious things.
Orange blossom water would make a magical addition to your store cupboard.
Even in the busiest kitchen, there's always a point at the end of the day when you go home.
Most British cheeses are now vegetarian and are labelled accordingly. However, French and Italian manufacturers still tend to use rennet.
My secret with kale is to add lots of sweet or sharp flavours to offset some of that grassy intensity.
Fresh egg pasta is traditionally served in the north of Italy with butter, cream and rich meat sauces, whereas dried pasta is more at home with the tomato- and olive oil-based ones of the south.
Celery leaves are an underused ingredient, most likely because supermarkets sell mostly leafless stalks.
Most men say they can cook pasta, but I think you should find a little bit of an unusual angle on your pasta and make that your signature dish.
Plums are a good substitute for gooseberries.
If I must choose between healthy and tasty, I go for the second: having only one life to waste, it might as well be a pleasurable one.
Almost every culture has its own variation on chicken soup, and rightly so - it's one of the most gratifying dishes on the face of the Earth.
