Article: Try turning up the heat; Gabrielle Fagan looks at why the kitchen is hot right now.

Byline: Gabrielle Fagan

AT ONE time, we couldn't wait to get out of the kitchen and escape the slavery of toiling over a hot stove.

But suddenly cooking is "hot", as the recession puts the squeeze on our finances and we rediscover the delights of conjuring up meals for ourselves instead of eating out and save a fortune in the process.

It means being a competent cook is not just permissible but highly desirable, even for a generation who once so closely identified with the ultimate fictional "singleton" Bridget Jones - so lacking in culinary skills that her attempt to feed Mark Darcy ended in disaster.

Fast forward to this September, ...

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