I Taught Them to Cook

Stories of teaching home economics in an east London comprehensive school in 1970s.Like Call the Midwife only 20 years later.ReviewsPrue Leith ‘An accurate, and sometimes very funny, account of the trials of a young food teacher in the 70’s. A light hearted testament to the importance of food, education, and a sizzling expose of the blindness of the powers that be.’Orlando Murrin President of the Guild of Food Writers ‘This is a charming book, and I love its wry, nostalgic tone. Underneath that, there is a message – that food teaching really matters, and it’s sad that the education system doesn’t seem to agree.’