Food is such a basic need, a fundamental right, and such a simple pleasure. — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
A startling confession for a food writer: all through high school, I struggled with a severe eating disorder. — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
I know that I can cook well on a low budget so I can't really justify spending a fortune on food. — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
I'm publicist, patron of nine charities, creative director, food consultant, recipe developer - and mum. — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
Food is a weapon in austerity Britain. Hunger, the threat of and the reality of, is used to coerce and control. — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
Even in my genre, cookery, just look who gets on the television. Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsay, Nigel Slater. All very nice men.… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
It took 24 years for me to harness my autistic traits into something useful, and I have grown to regard them as… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
We need to aim to get rid of food banks altogether, and replace charitable intervention with a fairer, more equal society. — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
When I was at my lowest point I had a lot of help from charities, food banks, to see me through so… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
There's all kinds of research that shows children operate best if they start the day with some proper food inside them -… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
Learning to cook at school gave me the confidence to experiment in the kitchen when I left home in my late teens… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
Tinned food can be cheaper than buying fresh stuff. Things like tinned carrots, tinned potatoes, mushy peas make a good base for… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
But it's a disgrace that food banks are needed in the first place, patching up the holes left by an inefficient and… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
After you've cut back everything else, food is the last to go. I didn't mind putting an extra jumper on if I… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
If you consider each individual tin as just the building block for a larger recipe, it doesn't really make much difference whether… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
Regular readers will know that curries are my favourite thing, and I wanted to go back to the start and really research… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
I was a bit of an accident really - I certainly didn't set out to write a cookbook or three. I didn't… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
I think the thing about cooking from tins for me that I really enjoyed was... the convenience of it, the slight entertainment… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
We hear time and again what a prosperous, affluent country Britain is, the sixth richest in the world. But aren't we ashamed… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
I have a surprisingly large appetite anyway and I don't drive, I walk everywhere, I don't sit down at the moment and… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
Actually if you were to buy a bag of dried lentils it would cost you a couple of quid. Some people don't… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
I'm doing my bit to encourage people to try vegan by making vegan food affordable and accessible and absolutely delicious. — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
As a kid we would eat moussaka with mash. We had a real fusion of two cultures that no-one has dared to… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
I tend to tell my readers to go for the cheapest ingredients every time, unless they're unbearable. If so, you only need… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
All kids are fussy eaters - they go through phases where they'll only eat red food or they just want to eat… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
We have an odd culinary relationship with tinned food. In higher society, rare and supposedly exquisite goods such as tinned baby octopus,… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
Sweetcorn, mushy peas, beans, lentils, are all basic staples that can be thrown together into a variety of surprising meals. — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
You can pretty much make anything with a base of tinned tomatoes. If I don't have tinned tomatoes in my cupboard, I… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
I was a young mother with a dependent. I went from nice flat and fire service job to cold and hungry with… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
I never learned to cook, so I've got no rules. I'll put things together just because I think they belong together. — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
If the thought of cold tomato soup makes you shudder, take it from a veteran, it's like a creamy gazpacho, but in… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
I write cheap recipes for struggling families and single people, and have donated 800 copies of my newest cookery book to food… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
I've had success, but I'm still haunted by the fear of being hungry. Once you've lived it it never leaves you. — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
My politics are food-related - food banks, the living wage, zero hour contracts - and my food is political. — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
I think I'll be around as long as there is a market for simple, basic, non-intimidating food. — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
I remember loving food tech because of the precision and the creativity, the weights and measures, the tiny glimpses of flavour. — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
My parents tended to cook big batch food because there was always the possibility that other children would turn up with their… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
Food poverty comes in two strands. The first is not having enough money to buy food for yourself and your family. The… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
I'm publicist, patron of nine charities, creative director, food consultant, recipe developer - and mum. — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
My pregnancy changed my relationship with my body because I went from despising it to marvelling at what it can do. — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
There's all kinds of research that shows children operate best if they start the day with some proper food inside them - it's a… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
I think as much as people moan at things like award ceremonies, it gives people role models. It provides real positive reinforcement that you… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
Working 90 hours a week is easily racked up when you're self-employed and rely on portable tech to do your work; your train journeys,… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
I'm very careful with the money I have, I pay myself the living wage, and I try to save the rest, because if life… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
All kids are fussy eaters - they go through phases where they'll only eat red food or they just want to eat porridge. With… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
Working behind the cocktail bar was a different kind of escapism, a creative outlet with a newfound respect for alcohol. I didn't drink as… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
I'm not organised, and I don't cope well with deadlines, structure and routine. I'm chaotic. Always have been. — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
During my time at Essex county fire and rescue service, barely a shift went by without receiving a call from an elderly person who… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
If I've learned anything in the last seven or eight years it's that my career flies by the seat of my pants and that… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
