Nigella....at my table

I really like watching Nigella, she seems to really enjoy food, I like watching Jamie Oliver for the same reason. Why shouldn't she look glamorous while she does it?
Who cares whether it's her own kitchen?
it's just a TV show.
Her private life is her own affair.

sorry - liposuction

(not lipsuction - lipclosing could counteract snacking of course)

anyone know if lipsuction counteracts snacking?

well, she did prance around Bondi beach in a ridiculous outfit - but has stopped midnight snacking since then and lost weight.
Oh, apparently she lost the weight from cutting out
Oh yeah?

Does she not prance about in the middle of the night in a silk negligee, with full slap and false eye lashes in real life too? No, thought not! me and *gillybob do though

Apparently Nigella doesn't snack in real life, not even at night. It is all for the TV image of her.

Gilly, Spot on. I wander around at 5am, quite fetching when I drink my cuppa.

Yes Chewbacca I do exactly that, not forgetting to suck my fingers in a "oooh look at me sucking my fingers sort of way"
We must've done the same open university course on "how to seduce a man"


with 3 husbands under my belt maybe I should've done it sooner

I think Nigella is in love with herself.

What a coincidence Gillybob! Almost a mirror image of my own morning routine! Do you sneak down to your kitchen, dressed only in your little silk number of course; stick your pretty little head in the fridge and pull out something delectable, whilst looking provocatively at no one in particular? I do. All the time. probably why I'm so damned overweight

Oh chewbacca What I do is, get up at about 5am, wash me bits, clean my teeth, then put on a full face of makeup together with false eye lashes etc. Change from my smelly old pj's into a sexy little silk number, spray some irresistible perfume and then get back into bed and pretend DH has just woken me up when he gets up. Then I sit up looking all ravishing when he brings me my cuppa.

I didn’t know she was having an affair while her first husband was dying, That is shocking, I agree.

merlotgran, I was very upset by Daniel Barenboim’s behaviour, too.

Could either of these affairs be excused just a little because of the extreme stress of the home situations? A need to escape?

Annie I remember that well, and reading John Diamond's heart-rending column when he knew his cancer had come back. I'm sure it was hard for N. but even so..

Anniebach I felt exactly the same disappointment when I discovered Daniel Baremboim was living with and fathered a child with another woman while Jacqueline du Pré was dying from MS.

He's still my favourite conductor though and our son is named after him because DH and I used to get up early when I was pregnant and watch Baremboim's master class on Beethoven's piano concertos on our little black and white telly.

To err is human to forgive etc., etc,

OK. We were going to have chicken thighs today anyway so the devil in me has sent DH into the garden to fetch some leeks and I've scraped the last of the frozen peas out of the freezer. I have halved the quantities and found a tin to match. Wish me luck!!

I will photograph the results if only to have Maw say, 'I told you so!'

I am cooking extra veg to compensate for any disasters and the leftovers can go in tomorrow's khaki coloured soup.

Never watch her. Was so shocked to learn she was having an affair with husband no 2 to be when she was filmed being the devoted wife to the great John Diamond when he was dying of cancer

The whole things is so contrived. I think she is so fake and dislike the way she pouts, uses innuendo and makes eyes at the camera. I am not keen on her recipes either.

I have had Delia Smith's books for decades (including one paperback from the '70s when she worked for the Evening Standard, and they are all I need. Her recipes never fail and I can tweak them easily if the occasion demands.

One of her recipes...I meant.

.

I see her as entertainment rather than cookery. I think she’s good fun, and enjoy the lifestyle element. I’ve never made one of recipes.

Both our DDs love her and to be fair there are so many cooks/chefs on the telly it's good that there's something for everyone.

As DD2 said, 'I'm so over Mary Berry and all things home-spun. I need some bling in my life.'

We all know it's not real and not all her recipes work but her programmes make us chuckle. I definitely don't take her seriously.

Can't stand the woman. All that posing and pouting and everything is fake.

She irritates me so I can't bear to watch her. Give me Rick Stein any day.

I didn't fancy the idea of the chicken and pea traybake because I like peas to be fresh looking and bright green on the plate - not khaki coloured but her Indian spiced chicken traybake is delicious and so are the salt and vinegar potatoes.

I can't stand all the pouting and posturing. My daughter and I used to watch her just to have a laugh.

I haven't liked Nigellas previous programmes and find her cooking rather rich for my taste but my daughter loves her even tough she does do a brilliant impression of her. So I thought |I will try and watch the new programme. Ten minutes in I felt as though I had eaten a big rich gooey cake - nauseated with all the gushing and smirking. Not for me!