to think that Nigella has lost the plot?

[Lottapianos]

I love her - she is a terrific cook, she's completely gorgeous and has a real zest for life. Up until now I had always thought she was a bit bonkers in a campy fun sort of way. But I have just watched her cook chocolate fusilli with butterscotch sauce because 'sometimes you come in from work and just can't decide whether to have chocolate or pasta for dinner - so why not have both!'



I can handle a lot of wankery and pretentiousness and off the wall stuff around food but even I have my limits. In fact, this whole Nigellissima series has been mad - hardly any of the dishes had anything Italian about them. Will stick with her 'Kitchen' book which I adore and read for fun

[wordfactory]

Oh I love Nigella.

Her books are great. Lots of solid receipes amid wonderful observations and chatter. And yes of course her life is a bit out there (who else could reference Oscar Wilde while cooking pasta?) but for me that's part of the attraction.

[aldiwhore]

I'm with HomeEcoGnomist

I find her hard to watch, it's like watching a couple have sex and them casting you sly winks whilst they're at it (nothing wrong with that if it's your thing) but she makes me feel like I'm barging in on private time.

I DO adore her generally though, her recipes work, even if I haven't heard of some of the ingredients. Her recipes are reserved for special ocassions for the fact they're laden with so much fat... why use one bar or chocolate in your chocolate cake when 6 bars, a vat of double cream and a mountain of butter will do?

I'm more a moderate person (ergo, I'm fat and life is a battle to shift lbs) and although her Christmas ideas WERE amazing, altogether in one sitting it was just too rich.

[NigellaPleaseComeDineWithMe]

wordfactory pretty much sums up how I think about her (plus she's rather fabulous to look at). She seemd exactly the same in real life - well if you call being in front of a live audience real doing an 'interview' of sorts. But when she was aked real questions by the audience then she is still very eloquent and clearly well educated.

Have done a couple of the pasta recipes from here new book and both worked well, but I still find myself making some small changes. Very rarely do I cook any recipe 100% as it's described as you can change things to your personal taste.

Anyway will be off to sauce some chocolate pasta at somepoint - sure the DSs would like thta for pudding!!

[Mrsjay]

she also eats from her fridge in the middle of the night when she is feeling peckish go to sleep you loon , I have no time for her and her oooing and ahhing over a pot it is weird

[Tailtwister]

I find her annoyingly fascinating! The stuff she comes out with makes me laugh. I do cringe when they show her chopping things though. I'm convinced she's going to take one of her own fingers off one day!

I like watching Nigel Slater too, but know a lot of people can't stand him. It made me laugh when I read an article which said it was hard to take him cooking leftovers seriously when he was standing in a kitchen the size of an aircraft hanger. His recipes always work for me though, when Nigella's often don't.

[Jusfloatingby]

I have lost interest in Nigella's programmes. Way too much posing and posturing and flirting with the camera. I think she has reached a new low with Nigelissima though. It's just a ridiculous concept.

[freddiefrog]

I was watching her last week feeling primeval cooking shellfish.

I can't bear all the wankery.

Nigel Slater winds me up too.

Other than Great British Bake Off, I am not a fan of cookery shows to be honest

[blibbleflop]

Nigella? That's a funny name for a fella!

[ClippedPhoenix]

When did she ever have it in the first place? She makes me laugh, she's just so isn't in the real world.

[CockyPants]

Going to the shops in a taxi.
Her fugly children, especially the boy.
The crappy fairy lights.
Hiring a bus and getting on it with a wanky flask of soup.

Just a few of my favourite WTAF nigella porcine things....

[CockyPants]

Is she a busy mum??

[WilsonFrickett]

I was out after the meatzza. Blardy minging. Squashed mince with cheese.

But How to Eat is an amazing book which I read for pleasure, over and over again.

[StuntGirl]

I read her books for pleasure too. Her books are wonderful and a lot of her recipes are lovely.

[peppersaunt]

Tho it may be is jealousy talking, I always assumed the cook/housekeeper did most of the actual cooking in her house...

[IDismyname]

I'm with lots of you in the fact that her first few books were great - How to Eat*, Feast and Domestic Goddess. Lovely to read

I bought the Express book and have cooked nothing out of it - I've had it for ages. Don't plan to buy the Nigelissima one.

Its almost as if she's trying too hard to find recipes.



(* Minor quibble in the fact she seems obsessed with rhubarb a lot of the time)

[Oblomov]

1. She is a pretentious knob, who can't speak properly. She never says anything normal, its all:"gorgeous jade tangle" & "kitten's tongue".
   2)Considering she's so fat and gobbling it all up, from the fridge in the middle of the night, you wouldn't want to go round to hers for dinner, or to one of her dinner parties because: you'd only get 2 tiny lamb chops and would have to get a bag of chips on the way home, as nancy says,
   and when she preps for a dinner party, shes' just a tight-wad, she'd prpbably only portion control one string of fusili per person. She has about 40 people at her parties and about enough food for 4 toddlers.

[gotthemoononastick]

The spaghetti,butter and Marmite has become a favourite here with beastly fussy eaters....I am not joking!!! Love it because it is quick and I hate wasting time cooking!

[GetOrfAKAMrsUsainBolt]

She is very arch and grand, but I do love old Nige.

She is markedly different in her earlier series. I recorded Nigella Bites (10 years old) and watched that in between episodes of Nigellissima - she is very different. But then her life is different. She was just a mildly successful journalist with young kids and an ill husband 10 years ago. Now she is 'a name' and the wife of a billionaire. She isn't going to be really normal, is she.

I think the Nigellissima book is very good, for some reason they have shown the gimmicky recipes in the TV show, like the steak and chips, meatza, chocolate pasta etc. There are some very nice normal recipes in it, honest guv.

[ScarahScreams]

I am Italian and we wouldn't eat that shit.

[Bluegrass]

I can't stand her presenting style but to call her fat is just wrong, and calling her children fugly seems rather mean (and irrelevant).

[GetOrfAKAMrsUsainBolt]

lol at scarah

[GetOrfAKAMrsUsainBolt]

Christ that is a bit low calling her kids ugly, ffs. Is that all you can think of to say? Yes slag Nigella and her cooking, jumpers, arch looks and behaviour with a wooden spoon, but leave her kids out of it.

[Latonia]

I can't stand the sight or sound of her or her cooking. If I did catch one of her programmes, it made me laugh when the camera never showed her humungous backside before she dieted.

[Lottapianos]

So she's 'fat', 'a bitch', 'can't speak properly' and her children are 'fugly'. Some of you lot really need to have a word with yourselves. I'm sorry I started this thread, it was supposed to be light-hearted but it's just turned nasty. It actually is possibly to criticise someone without resorting to foul insults - you should try it sometime.