I remember going on adventures with my older brother and, when I was 11, being allowed to go to the corner shop alone, and filling up a bag with penny chews, Fruit Salads, Bruiser bars and Black Jacks. Jack Monroe Read Quote
Working behind the cocktail bar was a different kind of escapism, a creative outlet with a newfound respect for alcohol. I didn’t drink as I was also working day shifts in a coffee shop and, later, the fire service, and needed my wits about me to pull off my 60-hour working weeks. Jack Monroe Read Quote
I have been cooking vegan recipes for a long time, long before the release of my first cookbook, because in the rubbish old days of scraping by on mismanaged, delayed and suspended benefits, meat and dairy products were often just too expensive, in contrast to their kinder counterparts. Jack Monroe Read Quote
When I was born my parents lived in a flat so small that it now legally can’t be rented out as a dwelling. Jack Monroe Read Quote
Because I’m in the media quite a lot now, everyone assumes that everything is fine. People forget I sleep on a mattress on the floor with my son in a house I share with five other people. Jack Monroe Read Quote
I think the thing about cooking from tins for me that I really enjoyed was… the convenience of it, the slight entertainment side of it. Just the surprise of being able to crack open a couple of tins, pour them into a pan, and 15 minutes later you’ve got a fantastic dinner on the table. Jack Monroe Read Quote
I was a bit of an accident really – I certainly didn’t set out to write a cookbook or three. I didn’t have a plan. I was unemployed, writing a blog about local politics and a few recipes, and it was more successful than I could ever have imagined it to be. Jack Monroe Read Quote
Actually if you were to buy a bag of dried lentils it would cost you a couple of quid. Some people don’t have that to spend in the first place. And not everyone wants to eat lentils. Jack Monroe Read Quote
Poverty took me from being the girl who was always the lead in the school play, to a woman who can’t open her own front door. Jack Monroe Read Quote
I’m doing my bit to encourage people to try vegan by making vegan food affordable and accessible and absolutely delicious. Jack Monroe Read Quote
