Nigella Lawson

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January 06, 1960 in London, The United Kingdom

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Cooking, Food & Wine

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Nigella Lawson is the daughter of former Conservative cabinet minister Nigel Lawson (now Lord Lawson) and the late Vanessa Salmon, socialite and heir to the Lyons Corner House empire, who died of liver cancer in 1985. Lawson attended Godolphin and Latymer School and Westminster School before graduating from Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, with a degree in Medieval and Modern Languages.
Lawson wrote a restaurant column for the Spectator and a comment column for The Observer and became deputy literary editor of the Sunday Times in 1986. She became, among other things, a newspaper-reviewer on BBC1 Sunday-morning TV programme 'Breakfast with Frost'. She has also co-hosted, with David Aaronovitch, Channel 4 books discussion programme 'Booked' in the...more

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Average rating: 4.03 · 13,332 ratings · 625 reviews · 15 distinct works

	How to Be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking 4.06 avg rating — 3,842 ratings — published 2000 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Nigella Express: Good Food, Fast 3.97 avg rating — 3,138 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Nigella Bites: From Family Meals to Elegant Dinners -- Easy, Delectable Recipes For Any Occasion by Nigella Lawson, Francesca Yorke (Photographer) 3.91 avg rating — 1,607 ratings — published 2002 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Feast: Food to Celebrate Life 4.13 avg rating — 1,410 ratings — published 2004 — 8 editions	My rating:
	How to Eat: The Pleasures and Principles of Good Food 4.16 avg rating — 1,372 ratings — published 1998 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Forever Summer 3.88 avg rating — 871 ratings — published 2002 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Nigella Kitchen: Recipes from the Heart of the Home 4.13 avg rating — 655 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Nigella Christmas: Food, Family, Friends, Festivities by Nigella Lawson, Lis Parsons (Photographs) 4.12 avg rating — 499 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Verführung zum Kochen : Genussrezepte aus aller Welt 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings	My rating:
	The "Musee Imaginaire" of Pasta 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1998	My rating:

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“I don't believe you can ever really cook unless you love eating.”
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“It s easier to impress someone than to give them pleasure.”
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“I need to be frightened of things. I hate it, but I must need it, because it's what I do.”
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