Why it’s important to MAKE MISTAKES
We’ve all been there: people sitting at the table while a hot mess is being rescued in the kitchen. No one aspires to failure, but sometimes getting it wrong can shape your skills forever. Debora Robertson salutes trying, failing, learning – and carrying on with dinner regardless
food for thought.
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Spend 10 minutes on Instagram or Pinterest and it’s easy to think everyone else inhabits a world where sauces never split, salads never wilt and cream never curdles. They’re all sitting down to nutritious, photogenic and perfectly cooked meals every single night, and aren’t their kids adorable? It’s enough to make you wonder if they’ve ever messed it up… if there’s some alternate world where it all went wrong… Ssshhhhhh! Chaos and failure may be everyone else’s dirty little secret. But it’s not mine.