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
1970s in television established writers, it was effectively an apprenticeship for new ones who were trying to make a name for themselves; Dennis Potter, John Mortimer, Arthur Hopcraft and Jack Rosenthal all served time on "Play for Today" before going on to write their own independent series. In style, the plays could go from almost documentary realism (of which "Cathy Come Home" is the best known example) to the futuristic or surrealist ("The Year of the Sex Olympics", "House of Character"). Potter went on to write "Pennies from Heaven", one of the landmarks of 1970s television drama. It had the now familiar elements