Hi Everyone,
What’s Cooking is a series in which I answer questions you may have about food or cooking but are too shy to ask.
Roast potatoes are a popular side dish for Sunday lunch and they quickly disappear from the platter. Crisp on the outside, soft and fluffy on the inside, these chunks of golden spuds are comfort food at its best. If they are flavoured with spices or herbs, oh man, you can be in danger of taking more than your fair share.
How does one make a pan of perfect roast potatoes? Well, we first need to recognize that perfection is relative and it depends on what you look for in roast potatoes, and understand that that is influenced by what we grew up eating.
There is more than one approach to roasting potatoes. I recommend