a roast dinner, or a pasta dish or soup , I use the same methods as I would in my restaurant. I use flavours, so the food will be seasoned, sweetened, caramelised, or roasted in a certain way. My two sons, Jake, six, and Archie, three, always comment

, too. I also wanted to try and clean the palette by using soft, muted colours.There are some great pieces in the collection. I liked the little raincoat with ‘I love you’, which was inspired by an outfit that your mother bought you. Yeah, when I

and quite bobbly. I really wish I had a clever answer to this question, but I have to be honest and say I don’t really know. When Claude first came strolling into my head, he was followed by Sir Bobblysock who came hopping along behind, fully formed as a

What’s your earliest food memory?My late grandma’s special teas. My granddad used to take my brothers to the park to kick a ball about while I helped my grandma make ‘footballers cakes’, which I absolutely loved to do. I now realise that they were

What’s your earliest food memory? I remember loving Smarties when I was a child. They are a timeless classic and now we use these as toppings in our sundaes throughout Giraffe.     What foods did you like and dislike as a child? I didn’t like milk

and vivacious illustrations. “I wrote the book specifically for Trisha,” says Child. “I know all the things she enjoys illustrating, like peacocks, butterflies, moustachioed men and glamorous women, and I knew she’d do a wonderful job. I couldn't imagine anyone

,” he says. “Every week, I get wonderful letters, drawings and handmade gifts from fans around the world – made with such love and attention to detail. I just know they feel huge affection for Miffy. I hope Miffy continues to be enjoyed by children

don’t know how to switch off and you’re used to checking emails and so on. But children are hard-wired to benefit from that kind of unstructured time.Part of the difficulty for parents is that we are used to too much and too little. We give our

think you’re getting down with the homeys, but whatever you say about any programme they like once they are passed the age of four your child and her friends will think you’re from another planet.Brag You know the stuff; I could have been a Beckham

The first two weeks of August were always held sacred when I was a child as our annual family summer holiday. We’d all pile into our army-green Morris Mini Minor Traveller, with its cute little indicators that popped out from the side of the doors