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I'm a food photographer and that's a really great tip! I've tried to shoot cookies before to shoot for my portfolio and they never come out as beautiful as they look in magazines!

Try ANYTHING! Seriously, chuck combos together from your spice rack as a rub, marinade in oils and juices, braise in different liquids with spices or fruits added or make a curry!

We have either a chicken thigh curry or chicken thigh tagine every week, they both take about ten minutes to make and then get left on the hob for an hour to cook - so easy!

I have two big wooden chopping boards and I use them all the time. Not just to chop things on, but also to serve cheese on and to serve main course platters on. A large joint of meat served on one at the table means everyone can help themselves. I even serve cake on them in the same way for dessert, with some little bowls of cream on the side.

My chopping boards are the most used items in my kitchen. Plus I bought quite simple designs - one plain and one butchers block style - and as they age they get beautifully coloured and marked with all the use they get.

Oh and I have two "worktop protectors" from Ikea. They are such thin plastic that you chop right on them and then you can pick them up and bend them to funnel the ingredients into the pan. Plus they're only about 2mm thick so they slide into the edge of my saucepan cupboard!

I live in the UK and didn't know that you could actually survive without one of these. I use mine at least ten times daily... I just love tea!

Same as Jamie, little oil and then in a frying pan.

We have a much different type of bacon to the US style though, it's got way more meat on. The US style bacon is known as streaky bacon over here. Sometimes I use it to finish off a salad, but rarely for anything else.

Oh and microwaving bacon is the devils spawn. Evil method. My mother used to do it. You simply cannot have bacon without crispy bits.

I never thought I might be weird for drinking during a meal! I thought that was just normal and everyone did it!

Every month or two months for me and the other half.

Mostly because I hate doing the washing. But also because I refuse to use the dryer and we don't have anywhere outside to hang stuff (first floor flat).

Of course they can never enter the kitchen! That's fine! I have the Larousse Gastronomique encyclopaedia and it never goes to the kitchen. If I need to cook a recipe from it, I just photocopy the page or jot down the main points into a notebook!

Although I only live about two miles from the supermarket (and own a car) I still buy my shopping online. I stock up on staples that I need every two weeks as well as vegetables. As mentioned above, Tesco are excellent and their pickers are very good. They also have a large organic range which is pretty good quality too.

I still shop for some of my meat, my fresh fish and a couple of speciality bits in town (on my way back from work - by foot) but I like the convenience of not having to run my car every week just to go to the supermarket.

Plus it saves me a TON of money, I can see all the special offers, compare prices and pick the best deal. I never buy extras online either, because I'm just not tempted - I usually shop online after my dinner so that I'm not hungry while I shop!

I struggled with this too, being in the UK. It works if you use Golden Syrup - which is found all over Europe!