Cookbook writer and social media phenomenon Amy Sheppard offers her advice on how to serve up hassle-free home cooking. The Instagram account of 44-year-old cook Amy Sheppard (@amysheppardfood) reminds you of home. Golden pie crusts, steaming bowls of soup, gooey lasagnes, cheese-smothered shepherd’s pie, gravy, and thick sauces; it’s the most comforting of comfort food .

“I’m an autumn cook, I suppose,” laughs Sheppard, heating up a bowl of homemade soup in the wood-panelled family kitchen in her home on the south coast of Cornwall. “I love cheese, I love hearty foods. It’s all about those dishes which make you feel cosy.

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