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ASK THE EXPERTS

Here at The Foodie Manual, we love to engage with readers and give you the information you’re looking for. Do you have a burning cooking question? What at you struggling with in your foodie life, between Melissa Compton and Zena-Leech-Calton we have over 50 years of experience so send your questions to askanexpert@thefoodiemanual.com and we’ll get them answered for you in our next issue! We have created an ask the expert section so please send me in your questions for me to answer. Like can you freeze cheese - why yes you can, but use it for cooking rather than a cheese board because the freezing process will alter the structure. Make sure it’s well wrapped though and best frozen for no longer than 3 months.

Hello - I’m Zena a Cookery tutor and food writer with a life long passion for food. I studied catering in Norwich, after working a stint in a local hotel I then moved to London to work as a chef - I also studied patisserie at Westminster College before moving back to Norfolk to work as a cookery tutor.

Melissa Compton says: Hi, I’m Melissa the home cook on the team, I’m 46 from Coventry in the West Midlands but living in Swansea, Wales. From a young age I have always had an interest in cooking and food in general, my mother was a cook, so food was always a big theme in our family growing up. I started out with fairy the usual cakes and the kids recipes, but always had a habit of diving towards to ambitious teaching myself how to make choux pastry, traditional baked cheesecakes I had a passion towards the sweets and desserts. I started cooking gluten-free about 20 years ago when my son went on a gluten free diet. I love experimenting and making traditional dishes gluten free.

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