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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Helen Hawkes

‘Anyone can make it’: seven tips for being a better cook in 2023

Top-down view of a cherry baked dessert
A cherry clafoutis: easy and impressive. Photograph: Margaret Goodwin/Getty Images/EyeEm

I am a terrible cook. I joke that it is the reason I’m not married. (The actual truth is I am a commitment-phobe).

I can ruin a stir-fry (soggy vegetables, no flavour); am incapable of turning out an edible pasta dish (squishy pasta, too much sauce); and run for the exit when confronted with an actual recipe that I have to follow.

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