I'm a big fan of Nigel Slater, both his writing and also latterly his TV show. He has a propensity for food that aligns with my own and his à bas prix approach to dishes suits parenthood perfectly. Suz and I just watched Toast - a film adaptation of his autobiography bearing the same name. It is a beautiful and heart warming tale of a young boy who loses his mother and follows his life's path soaking in the torrid relationship with his step mother and his fight with her for his fathers attention. If you have the chance to see it, I implore you to do so.
Nigel Slaters raison d'être is to provide an alternative to the prolix recipes offered up by celebrity chefs that require visits to specialist shops and lengthy preparation time. His recipe's are unadorned, which is glorious when your nights sleep reduce to a paucity of hours and a simple sojourn to the shops requires a mammoth pack, check, double check and go.
It's true, your children are time thief's. I am richly blessed in that I have a part time job that pays sufficiently well to afford us the luxury of Suzy not working. I am in genuine awe of parents who balance full time work and child rearing. It's the trickiest balance both from a decision point of view (posing the question whether to be a stay at home parent or not) and also in terms of weighing your attention in the correct percentage. It's easy to say your children come first, and of course they do in your heart and mind, but in reality executing this balance of attention is extremely difficult as work, by it's very nature is a time hog. The decision for Suzy not going back to work wasn't an easy one - it has required a significant financial sacrifice, but the bond created now is precious and unrepeatable and I would happily live on a plank to have it.
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