PORTRAIT: PAUL MITCHELL. PHOTOGRAPHS: KIM LIGHTBODY, ISTOCK/GETTY IMAGES
May… If you had to sum it up in one warm, enticing, come-hither recipe it would be the one on the cover. Wrap that aromatic, melty filled loaf in foil to keep it warm, shove it in a picnic bag (maybeadd a couple of pork and ham pies from the recipe on p48), then toss in a bottle of something chilled and some glasses. Add a blanket, gather a couple of playmates or soulmates, and head to the park or garden.
This is a time to grab precious shared moments and redress the balance of all those lost convivial hours. Yes, I’m counting. Many of you will have lost loved ones over the past 12 months (as have I), and at these times I find cooking, alongside the act of sharing, brings solace. It’s not as good as an embrace, but almost.