Andy McNab broke cover last week to tell us that his SAS kitchen technique stretched to bubble and squeak. We were suitably impressed - but the guy's a soldier - of course he can cope with germ warfare in a student cupboard. Are politicians also up to the challenge?

Boris Johnson - Cheese on Toast

He is already in hundreds of student kitchens - on a poster. The policy maestros at Conservative central office have released a Warhol-style print of the carefully flustered MP for Henley in a bid to, erm, make the Tories cool. Right on!

But what about the kitchen habits of the man himself? Surely it wasn't all caviar and hot buttered crumpets for the improbably-haired young Oxford Classics student? This demanded further enquiry.

The great man's student-meal-of-choice? "Cheese on toast", we are reliably informed. But Boris isn't a man to mess around with a flambéed Roquefort: "Not any sophisticated cheese on toast. Just some normal cheese, on toast."
Thanks for that, Boris.

Ingredients (serves 1 hungry MP)

75g cheese, thinly sliced
Two slices of bread
Butter / margarine
Tomato (optional)

Directions:

1 Butter the bread, then lightly toast it butter side-up under the grill until it goes a golden colour.
2 Turn the bread buttered-side down, and then add the cheese. If desired, thinly slice the tomato and lay on top.
3 Return to the grill, and cook gently until the cheese has melted.
4 In tribute to elective democracy, eat with HP sauce.

Next time….Jon Snow

Top 5 cooking links:
www.recipes4us.com Get past the naff name and you'll find a wealth of recipes from around the globe, helpfully organised and fully searchable. There's also an intriguing new "Food in Film" section, so if your favourite flick is Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Café, you can buy some green tomatoes and, well - you get the picture.

www.waitrose.com/food_drink/recipes Ok, so you can't afford to shop at Waitrose, but you can at least cheekily recreate their brilliant recipes using Asda's own brands. The facility to browse by category such as "Quick and Easy Snacks" is good if you're looking for inspiration, and the cocktail-creator promises weeks of inebriation.

www.hub-uk.com Hub is a foodie favourite, with lots of information and advice on all things edible, and how to cook them. Run by a semi-professional chef, Hub's recipe collection is particularly well stocked (although disappointingly, the section on "Desserts, Puddings and other naughty things" doesn't include anything more risqué than Crispy Rhubarb Pie).

www.timesonline.co.uk/foodanddrink Yes, I know recommending the Times' own cookery section smacks of nepotism, but don't let that put you off. The Times' Food and Drink section has a huge archive of articles, and often carries offers on eating out. And if you're tired of drinking corner-shop plonk, Jane MacQuitty's Best bottles under £5 is definitely worth a look.

www.ucook.com Ucook (or GSN's Recipe Box, as it's now called,) is a staggeringly large database of recipes. It can tell you 957 things to do with a carrot, for example, should boiling them get a little boring. It also has an "Ask the Chef" page where you can send the experts your kitchen questions - though "Who's been sick in the sink?" probably won't get answered.

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