The author and Persian food shop owner on pickles, Peckham and the the secrets of salt
My kitchen is … a building site in Essex, so I’ve temporarily recreated my kitchen in our shop, Persepolis in south east London, where we are also living. I’m as happy as a sandboy here. It is very small, in the back of the shop, and within two yards I’ve everything I need to cook for up to 20 customers at a time: bottles and bottles and jars and jars and all sorts of bits and bobs all within hand’s reach. It’s almost like doing tai chi – my kitchen is basically my gym. It’s also like the inside of my head: very, very cluttered but we get there in the end.
My favourite kitchen tool is … my measuring jug, I sit with it next to me when I write. Looking at it, I can somehow judge quantities. It follows me around the kitchen.
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My kitchen: Sally Butcher of Persepolis
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