Teaching Dad to Cook Flapjack is a collection of recipes & memories, a delicious food novel where food is embedded within daily family life, as well as an essential, relaxed home cooking manual. Miranda writes.. . " The book was written after my mother's death. It started as an informal how-to-do manual for my dad, learning to cook & fend for himself for the first time. A man who could drive a car, tell you about the inside of a camera but couldn't cook his own supper. I started by showing him how to cook some of mum's things. The first recipe in his' book was for Chewy Flapjack, which appeals both to his sweet tooth & frequent request for anything to go with a cup of tea?' Teaching Dad to Cook Flapjack also contains a blend of ancient Cornish & newer Finnish traditions, with influences from as far afield as Australia. Sometimes the food might be a direct response to a place (Fossil Cake) or even dreamt up as I try & fall asleep