Nigella in Amsterdam

Love Nigella, I think she's lovely and love the way she cooks & then sits and eats with family & friends.

Loved last night's Nigella in Amsterdam as I lived in Rotterdam for 7yrs, so it was so nice to see it all again and the lovely shops and how helpful and polite the shopkeepers were, same as when I lived there.

I like watching her flirting with the camera. She's quite entertaining. And her food is nice too.

Although I don’t cook I love watching Nigella. She’s what I call the opposite of a fun sponge.

maytime2

Bella - Her father Nigel Lawson was also Jewish, but according to his son, Dominic Lawson, journalist, was a non practising Jew

Sorry I must have missed that bit about her father, What I meant she is bound to be Jewish if her mother was it's a matriarchal system I have Jewish friends who explained it. You know who your mum is but your father?

Joseann

Ha ha Bella. You ought to try a recipe or two, particularly from Nigella Express. The Mellow Meatballs are yummy and the banana and white chocolate muffins too. My book has lost the cover I've used it so much!

Thanks for the tip Joseann, my daughter uses her all the time. I have a print of her meatballs with Orzo in Vermooth that I can recommend.
I use Delia Smith and mainly Mary Berry, and Anna del a Conti we all like Italian food and I had an Italian aunt who encouraged me with her pancetta and parmesan much better than my mother's drab Cumbrian cooking.
I love to watch Nigella; she is always so cheerful she makes you want to cook, especially with all her colourful gadgets and utensils.
I'll give the book a try.
My Delia has lost its cover and is tucked away for safety I bought another second-hand one to use.

Bella - Her father Nigel Lawson was also Jewish, but according to his son, Dominic Lawson, journalist, was a non practising Jew

I’ve made several of her recipes. Every Christmas I make spiced chocolate muffins from her Domestic Goddess cook book. I have stopped watching her television programmes though!

I have loads of her cookbooks and use heaps of her recipes.

Strangely my other most used cookbooks are Mary Berry.

Ha ha Bella. You ought to try a recipe or two, particularly from Nigella Express. The Mellow Meatballs are yummy and the banana and white chocolate muffins too. My book has lost the cover I've used it so much!

kittylester

I'm with joseann and GG13. I love watching Nigella.

So do I. I’ve missed the glitz and glamour of her (film set) kitchen and her subtle innuendos - not in the least banal like Bake Off.

Who knew Fat Patty was her drag name? 😂😂

Nigella is Jewish from her mother and was on a programme of "Who do you think you are".Her father was of course, Nigel Lawson Margaret Thatcher chancellor.
I can forgive her silly posturing after her treatment by her second husband, I would feel I would want to show him"I'm back again", and she is.
Maybe the programme was made in two parts but it was Christmas with the lights and nights.
She makes her cooking look easy but I was bought one of her books and never used a recipe. At least the programme was cheerful and Christmassy with all the trouble in the world.

I'm with joseann and GG13. I love watching Nigella.

I thought I'd remembered something, and I checked it out .....
Her forefathers maintained the Ashkenazi Great Synagogue of Amsterdam, and the signature in Hebrew of her great x7 grandfather was found in Jewish community record books dating from 1709. It seems she originates from Eastern Europe or Germany.

I didn’t see the programme, will watch on catch up.

I like Nigella and her over the top decadence 👍

By the way, I am sure Nigella who is Jewish, has some Dutch heritage.

I think Nigella is one classy lady and her smirky look is very tongue in cheek. (I agree it is a bit old hat.)
The programme was definitely filmed at Christmas time because the light show on the canals only runs until Jaunray 13th.
Those mussles looked delicious.

Sending Nigella to Amsterdam ……. not the best idea 😉

Yes Calendargirl all that posturing is old hat now and I find it silly.... can't be bothered with it.

I started watching this, but must admit I nodded off before the end.

What got me was at the beginning, when she went into the house, she mixed herself a fancy cocktail, still wearing her red coat, and never washed her hands first. Manhandling ice cubes with her bare hands. Seeing as she had just been pictured pulling her wheelie suitcase, I assume she had been travelling to get there.

Wonder when it was filmed? Nigella was waxing lyrical about the joys of Christmas, but it was probably recorded in the late summer.

Find her posturing and over emphasis of everything a bit wearing, used to be her trademark but seems old hat now.

Sorry Nigella!