How to Cheat at Cooking How to Cheat at Cooking How to Cheat at Cooking is a cookbook by television chef Delia Smith, published in 2008 by Ebury Publishing. It was her first book following her "How To Cook" series, and had a television series based on the same recipes on BBC Two. Following publication, Smith was criticised by other chefs due to the use of certain ingredients such as canned minced lamb, and by nutritionists because of the level of salt in some of the recipes. The book increased the sales of several products, described as the "Delia Effect", and has been credited with
The Cooking Canon The Cooking Canon The Cooking Canon is a celebrity chef who first came to prominence in the 1970s in a comedy and culinary double act with Rabbi Lionel Blue. He still appears on television and radio, contributes to a range of magazines and tours the country with his road show.<br> Born John Eley in 1949, he is an English Anglican priest who was a lighting engineer before studying for the priesthood at Salisbury & Wells Theological College. His first post was as a Curate at Sherborne Abbey, after which he became a Minor Canon at Carlisle Cathedral. It was during