As her new series ‘Cook, Eat, Repeat’, brings a new highlight to our weekly television schedules, revisit Nigella’s very first feature from 1995
I photographed Nigella for The Mail on Sunday colour magazine. It was styled by the fabulous Damian Fox. The room set was built in pale grey, with a table and a vase of red roses. Damien broughta …
Her 23-year-old daughter Cosima Diamond appeared to have the natural beauty in spades when they were seen on a night out on Monday night, but none of Nigella's charm.
My version of pasta alla puttanesca has had a slight name change. And yes, I realise that it’s not really necessary to translate the title, as this store cupboard standby of pasta with anchovies, olives, capers, garlic, chilli flakes and tinned tomatoes is widely enough known, but humour me: Slattern’s Spaghetti it now is! Although you will often see its Italian name explained as meaning “whore’s pasta” in English, the general consensus seems to be, however, that this is the sort of dish cooked by slatterns who don’t go to market to get their ingredients fresh, but are happy to use stuff out of cans and jars. Whatever you call it, it is as flavoursome to eat as it is easy to cook. Do add more fire, in the form of chilli flakes if you wish, though I should warn that even if the first mouthful doesn't seem that hot, the fieriness builds up as you eat. And you can fiddle around with quantities as pleases you generally; vegetarians and vegans, for example, can just leave out the anchovies and maybe bump up the olives and capers a bit. I recently had a twitter conversation with one Jim Hewitt (@jimbarleycorn) about the new name for this, and I gratefully end with this fabulous message of his: "On those days when my mum couldn't be bothered to brush her hair and cooked dinner using whatever was in the cupboard she would say: "Hush. I'm slatterning!" This is perfect for a slatterning day." For US cup measures, use the toggle at the top of the ingredients list.
Given here are food writer Nigella Lawson Body Measurements Height Weight Shoe Size Facts Biography alongside her bra cup size, ethnicity, religion, nationality and family wiki.
Above: maroon sweater, £650, Victoria Beckham, and skirt, £355, Sara Battaglia (both net-a-porter.com)Matt HolyoakCoat, £695, and poloneck, £195, joseph-fashion.com; hat, £325, lockhatters.co.ukMatt HolyoakLeft: red blazer, £2,475, and trousers, £730, both Alexander McQueen (harveynichols.com); cami
Nigella Lawson, 60, took to Instagram and shared a recipe for chocolate chip cookies - and fans say it's the 'best' one they've ever tried.
Nigella Lawson: Inside Her Kitchen
Nigella's nightwear went down a treat with viewers of her new show, At My Table
Nigella Lawson is our kitchen inspiration. She's self-taught, worldly, sophisticated and homey. Need proof? These 12 delicious recipes.
Nigella Lawson is our kitchen inspiration. She's self-taught, worldly, sophisticated and homey. Need proof? These 12 delicious recipes.
This Lamb Curry recipe from Nigella Lawson is tasty and smells great. This curry has a great mix of flavors because it is made with soft lamb shoulder, fragrant spices like cumin and coriander, and creamy coconut milk.
In the November issue of Good Housekeeping, British baker and cookbook writer Nigella Lawson dished about her secrets to staying fit at 57 — and it doesn't have anything to do with food trends that look good on Instagram
Nigella Rhubarb Cake is made with all-purpose flour, white sugar, baking soda, salt, eggs, sour cream, diced rhubarb, sugar, butter, and ground cinnamon. This delightful recipe takes approximately 45 minutes to bake and serves 12.
This recipe says it all. You need no more than a few minutes to load up a couple of freezer bags (I wash mine and re-use them) with ribs and chicken, oils and unguents and then, after a day or so's untroublesome marinating in the fridge, you tip out the contents into a roasting tray and slot it in the oven. Or just marinate in a couple of covered dishes. Your input is minimal, but what you get out is a big feast that feels homey and welcoming and makes everyone happy, you included. For US cup measures, use the toggle at the top of the ingredients list.
This Nigella Lawson Chicken Lasagna recipe is made with chicken, lasagna noodles, mozzarella, cream cheese, bouillon, and spaghetti sauce. It takes 95 minutes to make and serves 6 people.
This cake is a sort of Anglo-Italian amalgam. The flat, plain disc is reminiscent of the confections that sit geometrically arranged in patisserie windows in Italy; the sharp, syrupy sogginess borrows from the classic English teatime favourite, the lemon drizzle cake. It is a good marriage: I love Italian cooking in all respects save one — I find their cakes both too dry and too sweet. Here, though, the flavoursome grittiness of the polenta and tender rubble of ground almonds provide so much better a foil for the wholly desirable dampness than does the usual flour. But there is more to it than that. By some alchemical process, the lemon highlights the eggy butteriness of the cake, making it rich and sharp at the same time. If you were to try to imagine what lemon curd would taste like in cake form, this would be it. And please read the Additional Information section at the end of the recipe before proceeding. For US cup measures, use the toggle at the top of the ingredients list.
While steaming then roasting potatoes may seem rather a fandango, one bite of these will convince you that it's utterly worth it; besides, it's not as if you have to do anything while they either steam or roast. Go slowly when adding the salt and vinegar, tasting as you go, as I like these to have the wincing hit of salt and vinegar crisps, and you may prefer a lighter hand with the sprinkling. For US cup measures, use the toggle at the top of the ingredients list.
There is very little that can compare with the glory of a sticky toffee pudding. My STP is altogether deeper and darker than the original version: it is still sweet, but the muscovado sugar and black treacle give it an almost savage intensity. It shouldn’t be eaten piping hot, but warm: once the sponge has been topped with a glaze of the sauce you should leave it for 30 minutes before serving, though you can easily leave it for up to an hour. I recommend serving this with the Salted Caramel Ice Cream — in fact, I positively urge you to. (And for Christmas, I suggest the brandified version.) The combination is truly joyous. You will find it easier to measure the treacle if you dip the spoon into boiling water or run it under the hot tap first. For US cup measures, use the toggle at the top of the ingredients list.
A grown up dessert perfect for impressing at a dinner party, this rich and intense chocolate cake from Nigella Lawson's How to Eat has a light pudding-like texture and is any chocoholic's dream.
The food writer Nigella Lawson, 63, started out as deputy literary editor of The Sunday Times. Her first book, How to Eat, published in 1998, has been followed by 11 more bestsellers. Her TV shows have included Nigella: At My Table and Simply Nigella, and she will be presenting a BBC Christmas special, Nigella’s Amsterdam Christmas. She has two children with the late journalist John Diamond, and is divorced from her second husband, Charles Saatchi. She lives in London. I adhere to two rules for
I know the world is full of good parents who never give their children food with salt or sugar, and this recipe (among others) proves conclusively that I am not one of them. Oh, and on top of these dietary failings, the following also contains alcohol. There's really not much to be said by me if these infractions offend. Is it to the point that this meal seems to be both universally delicious and the work of lazy moments? If the answer is yes, cook on. However, should you be making this for younger children, halve the soy sauce quantity for under tens and quarter for under fives, if you wish. For US cup measures, use the toggle at the top of the ingredients list.
Nigella Lawson is our kitchen inspiration. She's self-taught, worldly, sophisticated and homey. Need proof? These 12 delicious recipes.
Nigella Lawson Chocolate Brownies are probably the only brownie recipe you will ever need.
Nigella Lawson was spotted walking through London looking far from her usual glamorous self in black clothing after apparently losing more weight since dropping from size 16 to 12.
Nigella Lawson, 59, credited 'unprepossessing little bottle' with containing 'face-saving magic'. A bottle of Garden of Wisdom's 100% Pure Prickly Pear Seed Oil costs just £20.
Yesterday, BBC announced that they are scaling back to focus on their core responsibility: delivering the news. Unfortunately, that means that the food branch of their website is getting the axe — along with its catalog of 11,000 recipes. The announcement was made after negotiations with the government ended in new guidelines for the kinds of content BBC should create. After the final changes have been set into place, existing BBC Food recipes will become difficult to locate.
Nigella Lawson has posed for a magazine cover, heavily made up and looking ‘rapturous’ with salted caramel sauce dripping down her face.
This makes one of the best Sunday-lunch puddings you will ever eat. If by any chance you have any leftovers, they microwave most satisfactorily.
Christmas Recipes by Nigella Lawson. Marvellous to watch even if you don't want to cook them.
However much people have eaten, there is always, I've noticed, room for a brownie. This is a different kind of a brownie, most definitely for party-pudding, melting, fudgy and damply rich. I compound these qualities by serving it with ice cream and the hot chocolate sauce, but there is no need. Need is not really what we're talking about here, though, is it? For US cup measures, use the toggle at the top of the ingredients list.
An indulgent selection of puddings and cakes – from lemon pavlova to a boozy British trifle
Chef Nigella Lawson, 55, spoke to Radio Times Magazine about her lack of baking skills and revealed she prefers builders' tea to a glass of red wine. She described GBBO as 'too complicated'.
As seen on her BBC2 series, Cook, Eat, Repeat, Nigella's quick and easy pasta features cavolo nero and 'nduja and can easily be adapted as a meal for one.
Ahead of Nigella Lawson's new show, Nigella: At My Table, a GQ writer reveals his TV crush
I thought I had exhausted the culinary possibilities of a pack of frozen peas, but my friend, and excellent cook, Alex Andreou, led me by the hand — it does take a leap of faith — to his method of using them, still frozen, as the first layer of a traybake. It’s a life-changer. The peas become soft and sweet in the heat — duller in colour, but so much more vibrant in flavour — and the steam they produce as they bake makes the chicken beautifully tender, its skin crackly and crisp on top. What’s key here is the size of the roasting tin. I wouldn’t go any smaller — measuring from inside rim to inside rim — than about 38 x 28cm / 15 x 11inches (a little larger is fine) as there needs to be space around the chicken thighs for the magic to happen. And please read the Additional Information section at the end of the recipe before proceeding. For US cup measures, use the toggle at the top of the ingredients list.
Nigella's Blueberry Muffins recipe is a delicious treat made with self-rising flour, salt, baking powder, eggs, melted butter, milk, blueberries, and a bit of orange or lemon zest. With a total time of 30 minutes and a serving size of 12, these muffins are a quick and tasty choice for any event.
Nigella Buttermilk Scones are crafted with simple ingredients like flour, sugar, butter, and buttermilk, resulting in a delightful treat. With just 15 minutes of baking time, this recipe yields 16 servings of warm, buttery scones, perfect for sharing with loved ones.
I can't remember why I call this my New Orleans coleslaw now (I've been making it, or a version of it, for so long), but I think it has something to do with all the wonderful pecan trees I saw when I was there. For US cup measures, use the toggle at the top of the ingredients list.
Nigella Lawson's Rice Pudding Cake, as seen on the BBC2 series Cook, Eat, Repeat, is a comforting, British take on the Italian classic, torta di riso.
Read a list of English food writer Nigella Lawson's favorite books, including classics by Dicken, Eliot, Austen, and Mann.
I cannot begin to tell you how good these are. There’s not much that can get me squeezing a fancy-nozzled icing bag, but I can’t get enough of these — and nor can those I make them for. Yes, they are retro, but they are no culinary exercise in irony. And while they are a bit fiddly to make, they’re not hard, and they are immensely rewarding. In order to help the yolk keep centred as they cook, I leave them lying on their sides in a dish (rather than sitting upright in their boxes) overnight out of the fridge before cooking them. It’s not a fail-safe guarantee, but it does seem to make a difference. For US cup measures, use the toggle at the top of the ingredients list.
These are some of Nigella's best recipes, from comforting pasta dishes and all-in-one roasting tray suppers, to indulgent desserts and bakes.
