Book review: The Dinner Lady

But this book is worth buying - for the 100 or so recipes in it. If you want to produce all the best bits of school dinners that occasionally invoke misty-eyed nostalgia, this is the book for you. I can certainly recommend the Oaty Apple and Sultana Crumble, which went down a treat in our house last night - and I'm especially pleased that I now know how to make a proper custard!

Unfortunately, the straightforward pragmatism of both the food and the author is used to promote the half-baked ideas of the Soil Association: a rag-tag mix of health fears and the unscientific idea that organic - that is, 'natural' - is best.

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