Dinner parties are back: but smaller, more casual – and with Twiglets
Even Nigella Lawson has given up on lavish soirées, instead eating at home with friends in an understated way
December 2023
Nigella Lawson says she is too self-conscious to say ‘microwave’
Clips of cook saying ‘meecro-wah-vay’ were shared widely online. ‘That’s what we call it at home,’ she says
TV tonight
TV tonight: cheese, chips and cookies – it’s Nigella’s Amsterdam Christmas
The cookery writer and chef explores her Dutch roots and serves up treats. Plus, Joe Lycett hosts a wild yuletide party. Here’s what to watch this evening
Christmas crackers! It’s your ultimate guide to the UK’s best festive TV
From the rush of seeing Ncuti Gatwa as the new Doctor, to the tearjerking final ever episode of Ghosts – here’s your authoritative guide to the finest television
November 2023
Nigella Lawson tells Britain to give Christmas cake the heave-ho-ho-ho
TV cook says she will be making chocolate cake this year, a new tradition for her household
August 2023
Sunday with Nigella Lawson: ‘I spend much of the day pottering’
The writer and TV chef describes skipping breakfast, sipping a Campari in a hammock while reading, playing Motown to do the washing up and checking her phone in bed
July 2023
No, Nigella – dinner parties are great. Deliveroo just doesn’t cut it
Rachel Cooke
Having friends over to eat is part of who we are, with set piece encounters feeding into plays, films and books. Talk of their demise is premature, writes Rachel Cooke
June 2023
I spent the day eating like Nigella Lawson – and lived to tell the tale
On social media, the culinary celebrity regularly chronicles her favourite eating spots in Australia. Ann Ding followed in her footsteps – and fell asleep on the ride home
May 2023
Jock Zonfrillo remembered in televised tribute as MasterChef Australia returns
Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver, Nigella and Marco Pierre White among those giving emotional tributes to late chef ahead of 15th series
December 2022
No ‘nuking it’: 12 chefs’ top tips to get the most out of your microwave
Ping! How I learned to stop worrying and love the microwave
October 2022
Peanut butter pasta could be this year’s ‘Nigella effect’ dish
Budget-friendly recipe is dividing the nation with its energy-efficient ‘steaming’ method for the pasta
Peanut butter pasta dish among Nigella Lawson’s £1.25-a-portion budget recipes
Budget dishes created by celebrity cook include peanut butter pasta and feta, black bean and clementine couscous
British Library to host Salman Rushdie celebration event
Writers including Hanif Kureishi, Monica Ali and Nigella Lawson will gather in London to share readings and reflections two months after the author was attacked on stage
August 2021
‘Parts of my brain light up when he’s talking’: Nigella Lawson and Mark Cousins in conversation
The cook and the film-maker, who struck up a friendship on Twitter, discuss aesthetics, watching and being watched, and the benefits of ageing
June 2021
Ten cooks who changed the way we eat
Jay Rayner picks the cookbooks that have made a real difference to the British dinner table and explains why these are his go-to recipe books for home chefs
May 2021
Names in the news
Hail car-park king Gareth Wild and his Covid-beating fantasy
Rebecca Nicholson
The story of the man who pulled into every spot at his local supermarket is the epitome of lockdown entertainment
April 2021
MasterChef Australia elimination: Nigella Lawson hologram and a mystery cake – as it happened
Nigella Lawson: ‘I can be ecstatically happy with just bread and cheese’
March 2021
Jay Rayner on restaurants
Nigella Lawson’s How To Eat is a feast of favourite recipes and high camp
The glorious sense of indulgence is matched by a life-saving sense of humour. By Jay Rayner
