Welcome to Kitchen Queries, where the nigella.com team will answer your cooking or food related questions.  We’d love you to submit some of your recipe problems, dilemmas or queries for us to get our teeth into!

Please note, we are only able to answer questions selected for publication and aren't able to enter into personal correspondence.

• Nigella's skillet/frying pan & brown muffin cases

  I love the matte black skillet that Nigella uses on her shows - most recently on Kitchen. Can you please tell me who makes it and where I can purchase it? Thanks!  

  I know this is going to sound a daft question but where can I get hold of the brown paper cases used in Chocolate and Banana Muffins recipe in the "Kitchen" book. Many thanks in advance. Nathaniel

  Posted by ezieg. Answered on 12th Mar 2011 at 12.00

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• Which oil is best?

  I do a lot of frying and roasting and I have recently heard that some oils, such as extra virgin oil, should not be used for such purposes. If I am roasting potatoes, which oil is best? For Christmas I use goose fat as suggested by Nigella, but I would like to use an oil for more everyday cooking. Thanks for you help!

  Posted by kellyhowells. Answered on 11th Mar 2011 at 12.00

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• Cornmeal for muffins - what can I use instead?

  I want to make the blueberry muffins in Nigella's Kitchen book and it calls for cornmeal. I'm in Australia and I have not been able to find this in the supermarket. Is it called something else in Australia?

  Posted by elisegoura. Answered on 10th Mar 2011 at 12.30

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