Nigella Lawson The Domestic Goddess

Nigella Lawson The Domestic Goddess Nigella Lawson: A Sensual Cooking Icon ChaptersEducation And Early CareerPersonal LifeLearning How to CookFood Writing SuccessMore About The Domestic Goddess' CharacterHow You Can Be Like NigellaNigella's RecipesMore UK Chefs Worth Reading AboutNigella Lawson is a female chef and author who has earned the reputation of being a sensuous icon in the kitchen, with her hidden innuendos and her very apparent love for ingredients.If you have watched any of Nigella's TV programmes, whereby she seductively makes her way around her home kitchen, then you too will know how she got to be known in this way.This is certainly no bad thing. It is her intensity and passion that has been her recipe for success over the years, and unsurprisingly they keep on asking for more!While a very classy lady, Nigella's cooking is not fine dining cuisine and is uncomplicated. There is something about how she guides you along the way with her soothing voice that makes her incredibly entertaining to watch.Keep reading to find out more information on th is domestic goddess,  her recipes, how she came to make TV appearances and what she does when she's not cooking!Take cooking classes here now.Nigella's most famous book release was How To Be A Domestic Goddess. 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Instead, she took a degree in medieval and modern languages.Perhaps it is because she looks so glamorous, or because she didn't enter the world of food until an older age, Nigella Lawson manages to still seem like a young chef whilst also managing to have been around on our screens for a fairly long time! Can she really be nearing the big 6-0?Lawson made a career for herself in the publishing industry during the 1980s, thanks to her love for books, and was deputy literary editor of The Sunday Times before turning freelance and taking her hand to writing.It was not until the mid-80s that Nigella developed a passion for cooking (a passion that resulted from working as The Spectator magazine's restaurant critic) and it was only then that she began to write about cuisine, later becoming food editor at Vo gue.Nigella was once the food editor at Vogue magazine. Photo credit: HousingWorksPhotos on Visualhunt.comPersonal LifeLawson met her first husband, journalist John Diamond, whilst working for The Sunday Times, where he too was a member of staff. They married and had had two children, a son and a daughter.Diamond later suffered from throat cancer and died in 2001, leaving behind his family and causing Lawson to plummet into a bout of depression.Nigella later remarried, to art collector Charles Saatchi, in 2003. Whilst they had a famously turbulent relationship, the pair remained a couple for ten years before ending their marriage.Lawson is a supporter of the Lavender Trust, a charity that gives support to young women suffering from breast cancer.Her late husband was not the only loss that Nigella has been subjected to during her life. Nigella's mother and sister both died from cancer as well, which is why she has such strong feelings towards charities helping cancer patients.Learnin g How to CookWhile Lawson doesn't have a collection of Michelin stars to her name like some other chefs in my list of top UK chefs, she did find ways to become the star of her very own shows, notably At My Table.She hosted the shows Nigella Feasts and Nigella Express, among others, in collaboration with the Food Network too and continues to grace our screens to this day, teaching the nation how to bake  in her own unique way. Another show that US audiences will be familiar with is Nigella Bites.You, too, can learn how to cook by looking for cooking courses London. 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Photo credit: chatirygirl on Visualhunt.comMore About The Domestic Goddess' CharacterFor the most part, it is not Nigella Lawson's culinary delights that wow us, it is her approach to cuisine that we can't seem to get enough of. It is refreshing to see someone cook rela tively basic dishes but take such enjoyment in the process of preparing and eating it. Her kitchen is warm and inviting, unlike some of the clinical TV sets that you see on many cookery shows.Moreover, her elegance, beauty and warmth radiate through our screens. If Nigella tells you do something in order to be a domestic goddess, you do it. This is because we bow down to her and continue to be in awe of her hypnotic sensuousness!How You Can Be Like NigellaIf you haven't already, then you must read Lawson's  How to Be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking. Aside from being a great read, it gives you an idea of what Nigella is like, her interests and passions, and plenty of feel good recipes and sweet treats included.As if it isn't bad enough that we want to be like Nigella, we also want everything in her kitchen! Thankfully, we now can buy Nigella's cookware.Good Housekeeping couldn't help but notice that so many viewers were all raving about Nigella's kitchenware and therefore tracked down the stylish items that the chef keeps in her kitchen.But if you don't have the salary to match Nigella's class and expensive taste, then they also offer some alternatives. The list includes Nigella's stripey pasta bowls, rose gold cutlery, Le Creuset casserole dishes, see-through toaster, letter mug and bundt tins.Nigella has brought out her very own lines of products, which are available to purchase on her website www.nigella.com - but they are not what you think they are.Products on the site include stationery (namely notebooks) and gift wrap items (including wrapping paper and gift boxes). The artwork for the two lines has been developed from that used on the cover of the The Domestic Goddess book, to help create a sumptuous package.Cook Like NigellaWhile Nigella isn't involved in any cooking masterclasses for novices, neither has she opened up a culinary school at which intermediate chefs can develop their range of skills, she does have a wonderful we bsite that shares some of her best and favourite recipes for all to see.The list of recipes includes some vegetarian, some vegan and many more traditional dishes incorporating fish, poultry, beef, pork, lamb and game.Furthermore, her baking section lists a range of succulent and mouth-watering puddings for you to try and impress your guests with at home.Nigella is always cooking for her friends, and loves to be sat around the dining table eating delicious food, drinking sumptuous wines and laughing and making memories. With her help, you too can find ways to love life through sharing food.Nigella's RecipesFurthermore, you can learn to cook like Nigella by finding a range of her delicious recipes, including dinner recipes, side dishes, as well as ideas for snacks, lunch, brunch and drinks, online. The BBC Good Food site alone lists the following recipes by Nigella Lawson:Herbed leg of lamb, Golden egg curry, Asian-braised shin of beef with hot and sour shredded salad, Pork loin with Parma ham and oregano, Thai noodles with cinnamon and prawns, Old rag pie, Roast squash and sweet potato soup with buttermilk blue cheese sauce, Beef and aubergine fatteh, Radicchio, chestnut and blue cheese salad with a citrus, mustard and honey dressing, Breakfast bars, Turkish eggs, Parmesan French toast, Waffles, Egg tortilla pie, Parmesan shortbreads, Halloumi with quick sweet chilli sauce, Baby aubergines with oregano and red onions, Squid and prawns with chilli and marjoram, Devilled eggs, Maple-roast parsnips, Sweet and sour slaw, Potato and pepper bake, Tuscan fries, White chocolate cheesecake, Italian Christmas pudding cake, Queen of puddings, Sunken chocolate amaretto cake with crumbled amaretti cream, Sticky toffee pudding, Rocky road crunch bars, Emergency brownies, Ginger and walnut carrot cake, Lemon tendercake with blueberry compôte, Forgotten cookies, Cranberry-studded mincemeat, Bread sauce, Pomegranate Christmas cocktail and Christmas Martini.What a list!More UK Chefs Worth Reading AboutNigella is not the only UK-born and bred chef who has influenced the nation.To find out which other UK cooks have made it into my selection of top British chefs, take a look at the blogs below:  Mary Berry,  Jamie Oliver,  Gordon Ramsay