Mary Berry is this week's Radio Times cover star
Dame Mary Berry reveals her secrets to success on screen, a happy marriage – and staying fit at 90.
Growing up with Greek parents, I spent much of my childhood begging my mum to cook what my friends ate. She's a brilliant cook but youvarlakia and pastitso... boring!
What really opened my eyes to Britain's culinary delights was our Hamlyn's All Colour Cook Book. "I know how much housewives will appreciate the beautiful illustrations of every recipe in full colour," Mary Berry wrote in the introduction.
My mum didn't appreciate me, aged ten, attempting Mary's lasagne and chocolate brownies, but that's when my love of cooking started. Dame Mary says: "I had one aim. To get people to cook and enjoy it as much as I did." It worked!
The brownie recipe is now a favourite with my kids - after they've had their keftedes. But with our editor missing the juggle is getting exhausting - the next clue is inside this week's issue, please find him before the kids discover fish fingers...
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Also in this week's Radio Times:
- The Durrells and The Crown star Josh O'Connor says acting is all about conquering fear.
- Poldark screenwriter Debbie Horsfield presents an updated take on the 1967 Forsyte Saga.
- Phil Redmond created Brookside and Hollyoaks, now he's reuniting Liverpool legends Sue Johnston and Ricky Tomlinson as Sheila and Bobby Grant.
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