My old boss Tony Elliott likes to tease me about my predilection for chorizo so I’m thinking of him as I fry slivers cut from a whole sausage turning them into irresistible chips. They make a transforming garnish for this very simple store cupboard soup, just onion ad garlic softened in butter and vegetable oil…

Little children don’t like green bits in their food and rarely care for sauces with mustard or hard-boiled egg. Many don’t like prawns or mushrooms. Or the strong flavour of smoked haddock. All these ingredients often find their way into my fish pies but this one is plain and simple, just carefully boned white fish,…