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Nigella’s secret to a happy holidays

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Nigella Lawson’s new book , Nigella Express: 130 Recipes for Good Food, Fast. is a handy collection of shortcuts and and simple recipes for the busy (yet discerning) cook.

These recipes are especially helpful during the holiday season. The food writer, host and chef certainly knows how to whip up a quick meal, but she reminds people that there’s more to life than the kitchen. Parties are about “good company and good conversation” she says, and stres shouldn’t get in the way. “You could have the best meal you’ve ever, ever eaten in your life but in that atmosphere, it’s not going to taste so good.”

Originally posted on December 21, 2007 @ 10:21 am

Nigella on cooking (and not being a chef)

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Nigella Lawson isn’t bothered by criticism that she doesn’t have a right to tell people how to cook. “Gordon Ramsay makes me laugh because he knows that I’m not a chef,” she says. “I see paparazzi shots of me with no make-up, wearing trainers, not holding in my tummy, and I hate it, but it would be unbearable to worry about it all the time.”

Besides, she feels what people say don’t matter as much as what you believe.
“if you know that something has been really vicious, you don’t read it, you don’t let it into your head. What’s damaging is when sentences go through your head and you burn with the injustice of it.”

Originally posted on January 25, 2008 @ 7:31 pm