Dear Mrs. Mills,

If the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, I haven’t a hope in hell of getting there. I’m a successful, single woman in my 30s and I cannot cook. My mother is highly skilled in the culinary department, but her attempts to teach me go as follows: ‘Here, let me do it’. What do you suggest?

Yours hopefully,

A Ms. (who’d prefer to be a Mrs.)

Dear Ms.,

Book in for a Taste workshop with the delightful Jennifer Hicks, a mother, wife and patient instructor who’ll teach you some simple methodologies without complicated, fancy recipes. It’s all very hands-on, and the statement ‘Let me do that’ doesn’t exist in her cosy, laid-back kitchen. I wish you luck.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs. Mills

P.S. The way to a man’s heart may be through his stomach, but I also recommend the gape in his pyjamas.

Taste (020 7286 4243 or learncooktaste.co.uk).