I eat very little lunch and try to keep "special" dishes special by not having them too often. I love good wine but probably only indulge once or twice a week.
Fresh cep and onion omelette: Cep are large fleshy mushrooms with a wonderful flavour this time of year.
Crispy aromatic duck in pancakes: Even after 22 years of Kaifeng, this is still one of my favourites.
I'm a non-stop eater. I do love food and I love preparing it, but I prefer the simple things to the elaborate stuff.
New green cucumbers: I have a great weakness for these but you can't always find them. I buy them whenever I see them in the shops.
Palm hearts: These come in tins. They have no cholesterol and practically no calories. I add them to salad. You can also serve them as a first course with rocket, chopped hard boiled egg and French dressing.
At 82 I am still enjoying performing and reinventing myself. But one thing I cannot change is my food
habits, especially my sweet tooth.
Tsimmes: this sugary carrot dish is something I have grown up with - it satisfies my sweet tooth nicely.
Matzah balls: my wife cooks these well, and even though the family doesn't approve, I like a little sugar in the balls.
I was raised by my vegetarian grandparents, I tend to lean towards a vegetarian diet, full of a variety of food and flavours from all over the world. I hate cooking but I love to eat.
Apple tart/strudel/pie/cake: I lived in Paris for four years and always indulged in apple treats!
Roast chicken leg: It's important to have some meat in my diet, so a chicken leg with olive oil and a light French dressing is perfect.
There's a joke in Sleeper where someone threatens to neutralise Woody Allen's brain, and he says, "My brain! But that's my second favourite organ!" Well, eating is my second favourite activity.
Nectarines: The sweet, white-fleshed ones sold by the tray in the south of France - you finish the whole lot before you've even got back to the car.
My attitude to food is much like my attitude to the time of day: I'm immensely grateful to anyone who will give it to me.
Root vegetable crisps. Generations past had the advent of the printing press and the discovery of electricity: in my lifetime they worked out how to make crisps from parsnips. This is our moon landing.
Soft-boiled eggs: Do you add salt? How about vinegar? Arguments rage into the night. Wars have started on less.
I don't eat meat, smoke, or drink alcohol or coffee. Some people say I eat like a bird, but birds eat twice their body weight a day and I certainly do not.
Tabouleh: I love the combination of parsley, cracked wheat, spring onions and tomatoes.
Aubergine: Give me this grilled, stuffed or as a dip and I am a happy girl.
Age tofu: Squares of fried tofu served with dips. It melts in your mouth.
Vegetable tempura is a full meal to me. A range of vegetables such as carrot, leaf, aubergine, potato and onion are fried in a light batter.
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At 82 I am still enjoying performing and reinventing myself. But one thing I cannot change is my food 
I lead a busy lifestyle, so a healthy diet is important to me. I cannot stand microwave food and always try my best to prepare fresh dishes.
There's a joke in Sleeper where someone threatens to neutralise Woody Allen's brain, and he says, "My brain! But that's my second favourite organ!" Well, eating is my second favourite activity.
Root vegetable crisps. Generations past had the advent of the printing press and the discovery of electricity: in my lifetime they worked out how to make crisps from parsnips. This is our moon landing.