Handful of flat-leaf parsley or coriander leaves There was always that place of warmth.”Ĭharred Lamb Kebabs with Pickled Onions and Saffron YoghurtĨ00g (1lb 12oz) lamb leg, diced into chunks “I would come in from school in the autumn days, steamed-up windows, knowing there was a pot of stew on. “Even as a kid growing up, my mum’s kitchen was that place of warmth,” he continues. “At my very best, I am cooking every day and for me, cooking has always been a moment of solace,” he says when asked about his experiences of burnout and mental health. In times of tumult, cooking can often be a marker for how Skehan’s feeling in himself. “I don’t know if I was writing for future me,” Skehan ponders.
The cookbook falling now, when they finally have a house to settle in and a reliable oven (“It’s functional, it works, the gas hob, for God’s sake, I just wanted a gas hob! I’ve been working off an Aga that doesn’t heat up!”) feels not a little serendipitous. It’s actually made me use my kitchen more actively and more efficiently,” he says.
“I don’t hide veggies! But I sneak a lot more vegetables into my dishes than I ever did before.” And his children happily appreciate him making finger food out of “leftover crap from the bottom of the fridge. “I feel like one of these cliché parents,” he says in mock horror. There’s less freedom to “freewheel it” in the kitchen, but it’s not all bad. Having kids has undoubtedly shifted things “pretty drastically” he admits with a laugh. “Hate is too strong a word, but I’ve grown to love less the travel and all the things that go alongside the job I do,” he says with a diplomatic grin. And schedule allowing, the former boy band singer really does cook every single day.
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