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Ìý Idle Women 18ÌýMay 2004 Ìý
Image: Ladies of Leisure (Illustration courtesy of The Idler)
Women fight for the right to be idle

Nigella and Delia have taught us how to cook delicious food and run the perfect kitchen - but nowÌýit's time for the backlash against the domestic goddess.

Do we really need to spend all day shopping at Italian-style delis for cold-pressed olive oil fresh from Umbria, or can we make do perfectly well with sliced bread and a sandwich toaster?Ìý

Victoria IsherwoodÌýstands up for the slatterns and Ruth Rogers of the River Cafe restaurant fights the clean corner. Jenni umpires.



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