Perfect for speedy suppers with minimal washing
Credit: Rita Platts
Washing up – who has time for that anymore? When our schedules are filled with Zoom meetings, daily walks and catching up on Netflix series, delicious food with minimal washing up is a godsend, and the food in Alan Rosenthal’s
Foolproof One-Pot (Hardie Grant, £12.99) promises such drool-worthy dishes.
The concept
As it says on the tin, the recipes are designed to use just one pot or dish to cook everything in. However, as Rosenthal explains in the introduction, the food is about more than just convenience and ease. One-pot cooking is, more often than not, about comfort, with dishes designed to be plonked on the table for everyone to help themselves. It’s about conviviality, generosity and homeliness. Divided into sections based on cooking method (“on the hob”, “low and slow”, “absorption” – in which grains or pasta soak up flavours), Rosenthal whets our appetites with glorious photograp