for something more down to earth, why not check out diana kennedy: nothing fancy? an who became an unlikely doyenne of mexican cooking. people plagiarise my recipes, they haven't done the research, i do the research. a force of nature, kennedy, who's in her 90s, lives in an ecologically sustainable property, from which she holds forth on a range of issues. from the correct way to make guacamole, it's meant to be lumpy, to macho despoilation the planet, by trump and putin. interspersed with these conversations is archive footage of kennedy's extraordinary career, travelling thousands of miles for the ingredients and recipes immortalised in her own cookbooks. it's appalling. mexico is importing chickens. read my books and learn, please! what will you do when i'm gone? who else is going to start screaming? described as an indiana jones of food, kennedy is fantastically entertaining. an independent woman who speaks openly and honestly about love and ageing, food and fulfilment, sex and death, and the need for a little more salt in all our lives. you can enjoy her compan