with Porcini. Where do you like to dine out? I don’t  dine out often but I enjoy cooking at home. If I do dine out, it’s at simple restaurants with good food. How would you deal with a tantrumming child in a restaurant? I once saw a family with children in a

.What was the first thing you ever cooked? A flat Indian bread called Paratha.How did it taste? It tasted great. What’s your perfect family dinner? Rice, Chicken curry, Indian stir-fried green beans and fruit for pudding.What’s the best way to tempt a fussy eater

, but from an early age it was my grandmother; I use her recipe for potato gnocchi, which has been in her family for 200 years and was passed down to her from her own grandmother. What’s the best dish on your menu to entice a fussy eater? I think it would

like cheese on toast How did it taste? AmazingWhat’s your perfect family dinner? My own wood-fired pizza with salad from the garden.What’s the best way to tempt a fussy eater?  Serve them wood-fired pizza with salad from the garden.What’s the perfect

Mark Hix, the much-lauded chef, owner of four restaurants, and father of Ellie and Lydia, 15, reveals some culinary secrets What’s your earliest food memory? My granddad used to grow tomatoes and we used to have those fresh from the garden

while she was eating the rabbit. Every Sunday, there was a large family gathering and the children were very much part of the event. We had to behave, but food was really much a part of our culture.Did you do the same with your children? My children were