My kids love pitta (or pita) bread, those flat round breads that open into pockets that can be stuffed with anything and eaten in your hands, the ultimate takeaway food package I first encountered it as a container for falafel, spiced chickpea patties and salad, a trendy urban street food in London way back then

Almost every restaurant in Cape Town has Malva Pudding on its dessert menu It is one of those ubiquitous dishes that one has to side-step diplomatically, as a tour manager organising menus for a week of dinners for clients on walking holidays

A Sunday lunch with roast chicken, roast potatoes, steamed vegetables and gravy is one of those classic English meals that can soar into the culinary sublime or dive into the dismals A good experience leaves you satisfied and replete, a bad one consigns British cooking to the doldrums, where our European neighbours shake their heads sadly over our penchant for soggy vegetables, greasy potatoes and overcooked meat