Maltese cuisine is vanishing, veteran chef warns

Maltese cuisine is disappearing from homes and restaurants as people swap traditional slow-cooking on stoves for fast-paced routines and courier-brought takeout, one of Malta’s most-respected chefs has conceded. At the same time, many people are needlessly driving up grocery bills and obesity rates by packing trolleys during supermarket runs with far more food than they need to lead a satisfactory, healthy diet. These were the warnings of veteran chef and culinary icon Anton B. Dougall who, at age 74, shows no desire to retire from his decades-long career and has just published his 55th cookbook containing instructions in English for almost 200 traditional Maltese recipes.