Nigella Lawson Quotes

United Kingdom, Journalist
January 6, 1960

Nigella Lucy Lawson is an English journalist, broadcaster, television personality, gourmet, and food writer. She is the daughter of Nigel Lawson, a former Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Vanessa (née Salmon) Lawson, whose family owned the J. Lyons and Co. food and catering business.

Also known as Broadcaster, Television Personality, Writer

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.

Nigella Lawson
- Effort
- Cake
- Scams
I am not a chef. I am not even a trained or professional cook. My qualification is as an eater.

Nigella Lawson
- Chef
- Eater
- Qualification

At some stages of your life you will deal with things and at others you are overwhelmed with misery and anxiety.

Nigella Lawson
- Life
- Anxiety
- Stages
You need a balance in life between dealing with whats going on inside and not being so absorbed in yourself that it takes over.

Nigella Lawson
- Balance
- Inside
- Absorbed
You cannot truly say you live well unless you eat well.

Nigella Lawson
- Live
- Well
- Eat
It s easier to impress someone than to give them pleasure.

Nigella Lawson
- Pleasure
- Give
- Impress
You could probably get through life without knowing how to roast a chicken, but the question is, would you want to?

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

Nigella Lawson

I never have plans for the future as you never know how things will turn out.

Nigella Lawson
- Future
- Plans
- Turn
There is a vast difference between how things seem from the outside and how they feel on the inside.

Nigella Lawson
- Things
- Feel
- Inside
Cooking is about balance and harmony.

Nigella Lawson
- Balance
- Cooking
- Harmony