Anita Elder asked Jodi Taylor:

Food is often a topic in your books. Do you do a lot of cooking? I just finished ready Bad Moon. After reading the section where Elizabeth Cage is making lamb stew (aka Lincolnshire Hotpot), my mouth was watering and I now have some in the oven.

Jodi Taylor Thank you, Anita, for publicly highlighting my pain. No - I can't cook. Not even a little bit. And a complete lack of interest doesn't help. Over the years I have exploded a pan full of jam - that was very painful, nearly killed myself in a chip pan fire, blown up a steak and kidney pudding which nearly took out the kitchen window and the dog, and melted a plastic mat with which I unsuccessfully tried to put out a small fire under the grill. The mat melted and made everything considerably worse. People have refused to live next to me. Max's cooking disaster in The Good the Bad and the History did actually happen to me. Hot cheese between your toes really, really hurts. These days I shove a ready meal in the microwave and even that doesn't always go well.

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