12:32 PM
"Throw in as many strawberries as you can hold piled up in joined hands." I mean, really. Are we meant to write to the late Mr Olney's executors and ask how big his hands were? What if children made this jam, or circus giants?

I never thought I could enjoy cookbook reviews quite so much, but Bookslut's Jessa Crispin is right; I need to start reading Julian Barnes on a regular basis.