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1 " Sometimes it's good just to be seduced by the particular cheeses spread out in front of you on a cheese counter. "
― Nigella Lawson , How to Eat: The Pleasures and Principles of Good Food
2 " ...That Great Cocktail Cabinet in the Sky... "
― Nigella Lawson , Nigella Kitchen: Recipes from the Heart of the Home
3 " I put the kitch into kitchen. "
4 " 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. "
5 " when confidence is undermined or ruptured, it can be difficult to do the simplest things, or to take any enjoyment even in trying. "
6 " 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. "
― Nigella Lawson
7 " 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. "
8 " 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. "
9 " I don't believe you can ever really cook unless you love eating. "
10 " It s easier to impress someone than to give them pleasure. "
11 " I need to be frightened of things. I hate it, but I must need it, because it's what I do. "
12 " 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. "
― Nigella Lawson , Nigellissima: Instant Italian Inspiration
