Appetite: A Memoir in Recipes of Family and Food

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Both did their best to keep politics out and to show the familiar side of themselves, but you could clearly see the class divide which so mirrors so many problems this country has. He won Celebrity Best Home Cook this year and has now written an entertaining memoir ‑ a mix of childhood memories, political reminiscences and favourite recipes. Witty, reflective and engaging Ed Balls peels back the politicians' thick skin (and smashes their protective shell) to reveal that underneath lie real-life human beings. Since losing his parliamentary seat in 2015, the former Labour shadow chancellor has been perfecting his culinary skills.

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Ed is around the same age as me - just a year older - and we share a number of similar memories of childhood in the 1970s. It was, however, his recollection of Gordon Brown’s unadventurous take-out menu preferences that proved most entertaining.

Ed Balls was just three weeks old when he tried his first meal in 1967: pureed roast beef and Yorkshire pudding.Ed chats all things Appetite with Lara and Liv on the Spectator’s Table Talk podcast which is available to listen to here , and you can read more about Appetite in this article from the Guardian. Ed was taught to cook by his mother, and now he’s passing these recipes on to his own children as they start to fly the nest.