Have you ever come home from a trip and tried to recreate a dish you fell in love with there? How did it go?

A natural way to answer

I did, actually. After a holiday in Spain I tried to make a tortilla I'd loved there. It took a few attempts to get right, and the first one fell apart completely. But once I got the knack of it, it became one of my regular dishes.

Key phrases to use

• took me back — made you suddenly remember and almost relive an earlier time“That smell took me back to my childhood.”
• got the knack of it — learned the clever little skill needed to do something well“Flipping pancakes is tricky until you get the knack of it.”
• tinkering with — making small adjustments to try to improve something“He's always tinkering with his recipes.”
• whisks me straight back — instantly and vividly transports you to an earlier time“That flavour whisks me straight back to summer.”