James Martin calls for ‘dreadful, horrendous’ cooking ingredient to be banned

Sign up to IndyEat's free newsletter for weekly recipes, foodie features and cookbook releases Get our food and drink newsletter for free Get our food and drink newsletter for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy James Martin has called for one staple cooking ingredient to be “banned”. That’s the problem in this country.” Martin added that he prefers full-fat milk, butter and cream since he is a “farmer’s kid”. “I’d have buttered white sliced bread and mashed-up banana with a Cadbury Flake on it, press it down, wrap it in cling film,” he said. Nobody wanted to swap with me, but it was proper.” Martin has now released his own cookbook titled Butter, which shared 130 recipes containing what he celebrates as the “world’s greatest ingredient”.