Cook Delia Smith Doesn't Believe in Organic

"Delia Smith has declared that she does not “do organic” and understands why people buy battery-reared chickens.

The chef, who has taught the nation to cook for more than 30 years, said it was more important to make sure families had enough nutritious food to eat than to worry about how food is produced.

“I certainly don't like the way battery chickens are reared and I have put in my book, 'use free range', but on the other hand I’m aware that we still have a lot of poverty, particularly among children in this country,” she said.

Her new book, How to Cheat at Cooking, aims to teach people to cook with basic ingredients, including frozen mashed potato and tinned minced lamb. Recipes from the book will be published in the Telegraph magazine, Stella and at www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink."

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