Quotes from Nigella Lawson

I never have plans for the future as you never know how things will turn out.

I don't believe you can ever really cook unless you love eating.

Sometimes it's good just to be seduced by the particular cheeses spread out in front of you on a cheese counter.

It s easier to impress someone than to give them pleasure.

I need to be frightened of things. I hate it, but I must need it, because it's what I do.

Clean eating necessarily implies that any other form of eating – and consequently the eater of it – is dirty or impure and thus bad, and it's not simply a way of shaming and persecuting others, but leads to that self-shaming and self-persecution that is forcibly detrimental to true healthy eating.

I despair of the term 'clean eating'...it necessarily implies that any other form of eating – and consequently the eater of it – is dirty or impure and thus bad.

I put the kitch into kitchen.

The best sorts of leftover meals are those that are glorified picnics. Alongside the cold meats, you need a good purchased pâté en croûte—one made with veal or duck would be just the thing. Also put on the table some salad and bread.

That Great Cocktail Cabinet in the Sky...

when confidence is undermined or ruptured, it can be difficult to do the simplest things, or to take any enjoyment even in trying.

Wear gloves when peeling a roasted beet unless you want more than a touch of the Lady Macbeths

GORGONZOLA & CANNELLINI DIP WITH A TRICOLORE FLOURISH I LOVE THIS COMBINATION OF BLUE CHEESE AND WHITE BEANS, but I have to say its gorgeousness is due in no small part to the mascarpone and Marsala that add creaminess of texture and smoky depth of tone respectively. I like this dip to have real tang: I need to feel that burning, blue-cheese buzz.

The custard should be firm but not immobile; when you press it with your fingers, it should have a little wobble still within. Soft, warm and voluptuous - like an 18th century courtesan's inner thigh.