Oct 15, 2026 · 48 min · 14 segments
In every Italian cookbook, two small letters sit beside the salt, the flour and the olive oil: q.b. They might just be the secret to a happier life. Amber Guinness grew up in a crumbling farmhouse…
Amber GuinnessGuestIsobel GilesHostAmber, what are your essential cupboard items, would you say? You know, the bits that you just have to have stored away at all times, day and night.
So I don't feel safe or happy if I don't have tinned tomatoes in my cupboard.
Um, because if I have peeled plum tomatoes in tins in my cupboard, I know that I, I can sort it out.
I always buy peeled plum, never chopped, 'cause weirdly the chopped don't kind of disintegrate in the same way.
And I normally have one that I cook with and then one that I'll finish with or have raw on toast or on tomatoes.
Amber, what are your essential cupboard items, would you say? You know, the bits that you just have to have stored away at all times, day and night.
So I don't feel safe or happy if I don't have tinned tomatoes in my cupboard.
Um, because if I have peeled plum tomatoes in tins in my cupboard, I know that I, I can sort it out.
I always buy peeled plum, never chopped, 'cause weirdly the chopped don't kind of disintegrate in the same way.
And I normally have one that I cook with and then one that I'll finish with or have raw on toast or on tomatoes.
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