Food, glorious food...

[mrph]

Today featured some unexpected cookery. Not exactly challenging stuff - a purchased pie, some greens, some mash - but quite nice. Now, if I could just get the timings right (and remember to warm the plates beforehand)...

Spinning out of this, a couple of questions for the readership -

1) What's the perfect mashed potato? What, in your opinion, needs to be added to make it a little bit special?

2) Which cookbooks are utterly wonderful things that need to be purchased?

Comments

[kittentikka.livejournal.com]

1) Whip up the potatoes with a fork or a whisk, and add a touch of milk and a knob of butter, to get them really light and fluffy. If you really insist on adulterating it, caramelised onions or a touch of cheese.

2) Good Housekeeping. Delia's How Not to Fuck Up. One book with a seasons theme. One book with lots of pretty pictures.