Nigella Bites - Nigella Lawson

And boy! – doesn’t she feed well?! The sheer fact that I have decided to review a cookbook at this moment in time says something about (the state of) my life, my mental health and my appetite. Within this, it says that I am: a, often hungry, b, often (too) tired (to be able to ‘read’ another ‘type’ or ‘genre’ of book), c, generally too food dependant at the moment. The additional sheer fact pertaining as to why I decided to review a Nigella Lawson cookbook would also hint that I: a, have less sense than time to cook this collection of recipes, b, adore good food, c, have a ...

My Mum died 5 years ago & I miss her dreadfully as she was such a special person. The only thing I can say is that she wasn't the best person at present-buying so I was chuffed as heck when she bought me the 'Nigella Bites' cookery book one year for Christmas & it has always remained my favourite. I have dozens of cook books ranging from a staple, no nonsense one, through to Delia Smith, Jamie Oliver to a complicated,but really useful middle-eastern authentic recipe book - I love to cook & love cookery books. I have a good deal of respect for most of the celebrity cooks as preparing food is a science as well as an art & I ...

I go back a long way. As a child we didn’t have a television, although we did know someone who knew someone who had one. They offered to let me watch the Coronation but my mother was a proud woman and said that we’d arranged to have friends round for the day. In fact I was sent out to play in the back garden with strict instructions that I was not to make any noise or let anyone see me. My memory of the day is of acute boredom. Sorry, I was getting side-tracked there. You see, I remember the very early cookery programmes. By today’s standards they were amateur. I remember once seeing the cook place a pie in the “oven” to be ...