Much-loved British TV cook Delia Smith has revealed that, far from being perfect in the kitchen, she sometimes makes a mess of her own recipes. "It does happen," she told the Observer Food Monthly. "Sometimes now, being older, I can have missed out a whole ingredient or not read the recipe properly. "I once made a cheesecake for someone coming to supper that night and I got to the end and it said - in my own recipe - 'Now cover it with clingfilm and leave it in the fridge overnight'!" Just recently, she burnt a pot of marmalade. But ever the pragmatist, even with black flecks through it Delia still uses it - and says it tastes just as good. Delia is soon to return to bookstores and TV with the series and accompanying book, How to Cheat at Cooking.
