Nigella Lawson - British TV celebrity chef

what thread have you been reading? We were all making nice comments about her. It was the guys making the nasty ones.

Got me down as a lady.

well, JE, we do think of you as one of the girls. (only because we talk lingerie with you).

Carm I stand corrected. 'Twas our dear JE who was the catty one tonight.

Jeremy, have you thought of Nigella in connection with leeks?

aarhg.;no Johnny it really wasn't! I specifically made sure to tell you that it wasn't directed at you because I know you are losing weight now and I didn't want you to think I was being cheeky!

Because you made the comment about Nigella's hips and because you know that I know that you're on a diet, I was worried you would think I meant you.

Ah sod it! It's so hard communicating when you can't see the person's face or predict how they will perceive what you said.

I really didn't mean you.

We're all proud of you on the diet thread and I would never take this piss out of someone losing weight as I have been there, done that.

edit: don't get anorexic or I will have to come to Munich and force some of this excess pumpkin (or punkin) soup down your throat. I can never make just enough for one person.

I think Charlize Theron and Liv Tyler deserve honourable mentions as well.

Yes and Charlize is looking especially pretty lately.
Kate Winslet is also a beauty.

America counters with Giada de Laurentiis from Everyday Italian:

http://www.zoetrope.com/files/pri/170/gdl.jpg

No settled dough issues and she thrusts cleavage at the camera like nobody's bidness.

Mr Hessen do we have a Youtube of her?

Another cook where you don't learn a thing cos you are watching her boobies.

Sorry, DH, she looks like she's wearing a witches mask, all pointy chin, weird eyes and prognathic jaw. Plus a voice that sounds like Fran Drescher strangling a Valley Girl with Dubyas Christmas pantyhose. No match for the classic features, bodacious curves and dulcet tones of Nigella, IMO. But 'tis all a matter of taste at the end of the day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92iLXC93mE8

Forgive my weak html skillz. I didn't even turn on the sound to see if this clip is cooking related.

I wouldn't kick her out of bed for eating crostinis.

She looks a bit barking mad. Definite bunny boiler. Dump her and you'll find your car covered in polystrippa.

Is that Italian for testicles?

We have book of hers , yes she´s really sexy.She´s talented ,good recipes but some are difficult to prepare.

Being a straight woman, every time I watch Nigella on telly I'm convinced she could turn me lesbian, She is so hot and sultry, sexy body, beautiful face, sensuous voice, wit and she can also prepare a mean pud... What more do you need???
[img]http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2004/10/04/nigella200.jpg[/img]

If I was a man, I'd probably think Nigella was quite attractive, although she's recently developed a very strange shape (around the tummy & bum area).

Anyway, I'm not a man and here are just some observations:

Nigella is being portrayed as a 'pig' who doesn't do anything else day and night than eat (->last scene after credits). And she keeps saying 'I'm so lazy to peel an onion, I'm so lazy to do this and that'. She is really making a caricature out of herself.
Also, I feel I get indigestion watching the programme - it's cut so fast and sometimes the camera is 'wobbly' and 2 seconds after people are shown literally stuffing their faces with the main cours they are devouring a desert. Makes you feel ill.

Anyone else think that?

I wasn't even aware that there was any coockery involved until I read it here

Edit: fook, was that a Freudian slip?

The new book is marvellous. Lovely, lovely, lovely.
The chatty writing style is like her other books, it is like she's reading to you out loud. Plus there are pages and pages of things that not only look delicious but also doable (mind you, I don't find her recipes difficult at all, if I'm honest).

Nigella on weight.

OFFS,

Offensively fat is some appalling, approximately oval, blue legged slag in a mini skirt in Tesco's shouting at her brats to "fooking ged 'ere."

I don't know why they are having a go at her. She has big bits in all the right places. I mean many women who are thin have only fried eggs on their chests nowadays. don't they call it a Rbenesque look?

Wonderful fantasy, to be up in the night and bump into Nigella who steals iff to the kitchen and makes something tasty for you.

I'd give her a lick of my ice cream any day.

I am into healthy eating but my sinful indulgence is a bloody big Nußschnecke. Especially with a strong caffeine laden coffee. Heaven.

Finally someone on TV that isn't a stick insect.

Yes, Nigella might carry a bit more weight than necessary, but who cares. Woman should cherish the fact that finally someone is on TV who doesn't go on about diets and how not to eat etc.

She's a babe.

Next.

Report from the sun so it must be trye:Nigella goes commando and likes hairy men.

I thought she'd wear something like this rather than commando...

http://www.tvshopping-solutions.co.uk/detail.asp?pid=282

osmachar are you trying to be funny or mean?
it doesn't come across as funny. (even the smiley doesn't make it any better)

Miaow.

bluedave, you caught me!

Oops, sorry moni, the miaow was aimed at osmawhatsit.

Most likely he doesnt even really know who she is. Do you get BBC telly Osmachar?

Look forward to that interview. I have no problem with her going commando. In fact those nickers of hers might be a bit big hanging on the line.

Thing is if you have a fat wife I reckon you have simply more woman than a man with a thin one.

This is really a whoa concept, mann...mind bogglin'..! (in a lighter vein) ...

Fist of all, I am a she not a he.

Secondly, yes, I know who Nigella is - watch her every Monday.

Thirdly, most woman above size 10 possess a pair of slimming pants (if they wear it is a different matter) and I don't think Nigella is any different. If you watch the current series, she sometimes looks as if she has a bit of an odd shape, which is either natural (not very likey) or put in place by slimming pans/corsett or whatever.

Forth, I had no intention of being mean.

Last night I used my Nigella Express book to rustle up mirin-glazed salmon. It truly is spectacularly easy, incredibly quick and very tasty, plus has provided today's lunch too. Dividing the recipe down to serve two (or one for dinner and one for lunch) is easily done as the recipe suits those frozen salmon filets that you can get from Plus, as they are exactly the right weight and cut.
The few ingredients are available from my local Asian store to boot and the bottles won't go off quick.
A huge thumbs up from me, went great with some simple stir-fried pak choi and plain rice.

I'm hairy and I think she's hot... what a coincidence