The differences between a tart, a pie and a quiche are a blur.

Custard is controversial: what makes it a custard, how best to cook it and, crucially, is it to be eaten or put in a pie and thrown?

You can really taste the difference between a shop-bought and a good homemade mayo.

The difference between a bland tomato and great one is immense, much like the difference between a standard, sliced white bread and a crusty, aromatic sourdough.

If I must choose between healthy and tasty, I go for the second: having only one life to waste, it might as well be a pleasurable one.

I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.