Delicious UK – (01)January 2021

YOU R delicious.

Cooking saved

me during

lockdown

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VEGAN CURRY PHOTOGRAPH: TOBY SCOTT

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FROM: SUZE

The stories about how food has

saved lockdown for so many

[Dec, p16] really resonated with me.

I trained at Leiths School of Food

and Wine years ago but, although

I qualified, I missed a lot of training

duetoillhealth,thenthegraftof

a part-timerestaurantjobsawme

backinhospital.I decidedtocatch

uponwhatI missedbylearningat

home,andtryingoutdelicious.

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FROM:

JANETTE

Aspartofourmental

healthinitiativeatthe

schoolwhereI work,

we’reencouragedto

‘bakeforyourbubble’on

Thursdays.Mycolleagues

lovedthegiantjaffacake

I baked and it gave us lots

to talk about. It was also

declared to be “delicious”!

FROM: SCOTT

I’m an architect and love

constructing cakes

(see @architectofcake on

Instagram). We had an

online work Macmillan

Coffee Morning last year,

but of course we couldn’t

share our cakes. The next

day I was inspired to bake

this and it was amazing.

How about other mega-

sized biscuit recipes?

Needmeat-freedinnerinspiration?

Ifyou’recuttingdownin 2021 orhavinga go

atVeganuary,wehaveplentyofplant-based

ideasforyou,fromcoconutandtamarindtofu

currytobutternutsquashpastaanda vegan

takeonTurkishkebabs.Discoverthemat

deliciousmagazine.co.uk/veganuary

Online

this

month

recipes was part of this process.

Lockdown 1 saw me enrol on Puff’s

School of Pastry online and classes by

the Japanese cooking school Sozai.

Lockdown 2 was an opportunity to

share what I’d learned... I pledged to

make a foodie gift every day for

friends or neighbours in need. As well

as giving me something to do, it was

also an excuse to check in on people

and let them know they’re loved.

Off the back of this, I wrote a wintry

cookbook, Fireside Flavours, with

20 per cent of the profits going to the

mental health charity Mind. I was

overwhelmed by the response.

Despite everything, last year was

positive. I’ve learned skills, made new

friends and been generally happier.

Even when I can’t bear the thought of

facing the day, knowing people are

relying on me gives me the push I need.

Follow Suze on Instagram @gourmetglow;

you can order Fireside Flavours

(ebook £12, paperback £25) from

gourmetglow.co.uk/fireside-flavours

Our

giant jaffa

cake recipe (Oct

issue – find the

recipe online) has

become a popular

choice for a

work treat

Suze’s sweet take on the December cover:

a rum, raisin and root beer caramel star