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

- 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

And cooking is about balance and harmony.

- Nigella Lawson

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

- Nigella Lawson

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

- Nigella Lawson

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

- Nigella Lawson

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

- Nigella Lawson

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…

- Nigella Lawson

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

- Nigella Lawson