Nigella Bites:
From Family Meals to Elegant Dinners -- Easy, Delectable Recipes for Any Occasion

Born on 6th January 1960, Nigella is the daughter of Nigel Lawson, a prominent politician in Margaret Thatchers cabinet, and the late Vanessa Salmon, socialite and heir to the Lyons Corner House empire.
Nigella herself confesses that she was a difficult child. She was moved to different schools 5 times.
Nigella graduated from Oxford University with a degree in Medieval and Modern Languages.
She met fellow journalist and broadcaster John Diamond in 1986 and they married in 1992. They had 2 children, Cosima and Bruno. John was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1997 and died in 2001.
Nigella married Charles Saatchi in 2003.

NIGELLA EXPRESS:
130 RECIPES FOR GOOD FOOD, FAST

The newest Nigella Lawson recipe book. Nigella gives us 130 new recipes for quick and easy cooking.

This Nigella recipe book actually delivers what it promises. Excellent simple recipes which really work.

"You know, I'm not a cook-to-impress kind of girl," Lawson says midway through the book, but she must admit there are few things more rewarding than putting a warm homemade pie or fragrant cake on the table--especially after preparing a home-cooked meal.

How to Be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking makes just such a reward possible, in fact positively enticing, with its delicious selection of easy-to-make cakes, pies, cookies, breads, even jams, presented in Lawson's chatty, pleasantly glib manner. Turns out, you don't have be a Pierre Hermé to make to-die-for chocolate confections; nor do you have to spend hours "faffing around" with hot pans and jars to have jam at teatime. You just need to try baking once, then again, and next thing you know, you'll be turning out cookies and desserts every chance you get.

Many of the recipes are hand-me-downs or adaptations from other sources, be it a favorite cookbook or a restaurant in some far-off region, but all are imbued with Lawson's wit and distinctive touch. Profiteroles, My Way are "monumentally impressively better" than the original, thanks to burnt-sugar custard and toffee sauce. Her Coffee and Walnut Splodge Cookies are "American-style cookies; in other words just dropped onto the baking sheet free-form," and so on.

How to Be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking

The original and perhaps the best Nigella recipe book. Good, reliable recipes and a writing style that makes you want to savor every moment of the cooking experience.

Feast: Food to Celebrate Life

Another excellent Nigella Lawson recipe book. Nigella actually personalizes the experience by talking about why she enjoys this and adding her own anecdotes.

Nigella Lawson began her career as a journalist - becoming Deputy Literary Editor of The Sunday Times. She then turned to freelance writing and started the restaurant column in The Spectator and later a food column for Vogue magazine.
Her first book, How To Eat was published in 1998. The public and the critics loved it. This was followed in 2000 by the ironically titled How To Be A Domestic Goddess.

Forever Summer

Nigella Lawson takes her inspiration from southern Europe, the Middle East and southeast Asia.

For starters, Nigella offers Grilled Eggplant with Feta, Mint and Chilli, where the ingredients are rolled inside the thinly sliced eggplant, and then moves on to Flatbread Pizzas, whose dough is made with za'atar, a mixture of thyme, sumac and sesame.

Her pastas and salads are innovative and wonderfully fresh, such as Linguine with Chilli, Crab and Watercress; Watermelon, Feta and Black Olive Salad; or Shrimp and Black Rice Salad with Vietnamese Dressing. Main courses include Keralan Fish Curry with Lemon Rice, as well as Porchetta.