Nigella Lawson > Quotes

“I don't believe you can ever really cook unless you love eating.”
― Nigella Lawson

“It s easier to impress someone than to give them pleasure.”
― Nigella Lawson

“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

“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

“I need to be frightened of things. I hate it, but I must need it, because it's what I do.”
― Nigella Lawson

“when confidence is undermined or ruptured, it can be difficult to do the simplest things, or to take any enjoyment even in trying.”
― Nigella Lawson, How to Eat

“I put the kitch into kitchen.”
― Nigella Lawson, Nigella Kitchen: Recipes from the Heart of the Home

“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.”
― Nigella Lawson, How to Eat

“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.”
― Nigella Lawson

“I do think awful things may happen at any moment, so while they are not happening, you may as well be pleased.”
― Nigella Lawson

“Wear gloves when peeling a roasted beet unless you want more than a touch of the Lady Macbeths”
― Nigella Lawson, Cook, Eat, Repeat [Hardcover], The Skinny NUTRiBULLET Lean Body Abs Workout Plan, Clean Eating 28-Day Plan 3 Books Collection Set

“...That Great Cocktail Cabinet in the Sky...”
― Nigella Lawson, Nigella Kitchen: Recipes from the Heart of the Home

“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: Easy Italian-Inspired Recipes: A Cookbook

“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.”
― Nigella Lawson, How to Eat: The Pleasures and Principles of Good Food

“You cannot truly say you live well unless you eat well.”
― Nigella Lawson

“I always feel in life there are two things that make me feel happy and secure: a pantry full of food and shelves full of books. That's happiness guaranteed, isn't it?”
― Nigella Lawson