LOOSE WOMEN PAIR DELIVER THE ‘BUILDING BLOCKS’ OF COOKING
felt a great connection with. My mum wasn’t particularly into it; you go to university, you’re eating crap, it just passed me by.”
But Adams is learning. “She made this,” says Sawalha, pointing at the book’s berry pavlova recipe. “We didn’t have any home ecs, or stylists. We cooked the food in the house and my husband took the photos. She did the whole thing – I was really drunk there, you can see how p***** I was in the pictures.
“I’m well proud of her – but anyone can make that. If you do every single one of these things, you will create that; simple as that,” she says, stabbing the instructions on the page for emphasis.
“Without those specific instructions,” says Adams, “I’d think, ‘Well this is a disaster, I can’t make a pavlova, I’m a rubbish cook’, and walk to Waitrose, whereas it’s a lovely moment when you follow something and it works. You think, ‘Wow’.” Feeding your family can still be a hassle – whether you love cooking or not For Adams, despite her improvements, cooking will always be something of a chore. “Even if I get better at it, it’s not going to be the thing that makes me relax,” she says. But for Sawalha, the kitchen is her happy place. “My husband will be like, ‘You’ve had a really hard day, don’t be silly, we’ll get a takeaway’. No! I’ve had a stressful day, so I want to cook!” she says. ia And Kaye Disaster Chef by Nadia Sawalha and Kaye Adams, £20. Available now.