I don't believe in low-fat cooking..

I think sometimes that people assume because I'm on television I'm an expert, but I think the whole point of what I do is that I'm not and I don't ha….

But I do think that women who spend all their lives on a diet probably have a miserable sex life: if your body is the enemy, how can you relax and ta….

I am always surprised when people read double entendres into my innocuous babble..

Sometimes...we don't want to feel like a postmodern, postfeminist, overstretched woman but, rather, a domestic goddess, trailing nutmeggy fumes of ba….

I never taste the wine first in restaurants, I just ask the waiter to pour..

I am not a chef. I am not even a trained or professional cook. My qualification is as an eater..

I lurch from chaos to chaos. I can't find my driving licence and my clothes are everywhere - cooking is the neatest thing I do..

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

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

You cannot truly say you live well unless you eat well..

Some people did take the domestic goddess title literally rather than ironically. It was about the pleasures of feeling like one rather than actually….

I was brought up an atheist and have always remained so. But at no time was I led to believe that morality was unimportant or that good and bad did n….

I don't wear anything in bed. But I'm not ready for a nude scene quite yet..

I think we all live in a world that is so fast-paced, it's threatening and absolutely saturated with change and novelty and insecurity. Therefore, th….

(In cooking), there is always room for careful tinkering..

Cooking is actually quite aggressive and controlling and sometimes, yes, there is an element of force-feeding going on..

You could probably get through life without knowing how to roast a chicken, but the question is, would you want to?.

Cake baking has to be, however innocently, one of the great culinary scams: it implies effort, it implies domestic prowess; but believe me, it's easy..

Tension translates to your guests. They'll have a much better time having chili and baked potatoes than they would if you did roast duck with a wild ….

And cooking is about balance and harmony..