Nigella Lawson ... Stepford Wife
Nigella Lawson is scary. Watching her in Nigella Express as she tries to project an aura of intense sexuality in her faux kitchen is liked being flirted with by a Stepford wife. The end result of attempted seduction is not only unsexy, but also unsettling. Every time the camera pulls back from a close-up of her lip licking, I expect to see the body of some poor, eviscerated sap impaled on the wall by one of her carving knives. When she flutters her eyes you cannot help but fear she is all set to go into killer gynoid mode.
Despite this, I have to admit some of her recipes rock. Nigella’s ‘No Worries’ chocolate mousse is genius as is the idea of adding bourbon to her caramel croissant pudding. Tonight Surreal Girl tested out her pea and pesto soup. It was a grand success. If I did not have a couple of cookbooks to keep me busy – including the rather fabulous Madhur Jaffrey's Ultimate Curry Bible – Nigella latest offering might actually tempt me.
Despite this, I have to admit some of her recipes rock. Nigella’s ‘No Worries’ chocolate mousse is genius as is the idea of adding bourbon to her caramel croissant pudding. Tonight Surreal Girl tested out her pea and pesto soup. It was a grand success. If I did not have a couple of cookbooks to keep me busy – including the rather fabulous Madhur Jaffrey's Ultimate Curry Bible – Nigella latest offering might actually tempt me.
Labels: Cooking, Curry, Nigella Lawson
posted by David at
8:41 PM
7 Comments:
I wholly concur ; Nigellas great and often inspired recipes do seem based on her flagrantly flirtacious , chocolate lover personality. Perhaps she could have run the economy with a complete disregard for austerity measures. Let them bake and eat cake!
David, thank you for the laugh. I am dying at the image of her batting her eyes in innocence over a helpless victim.
And so fascinatin too, to hear a man's perspective on this woman. :)
I used to really enjoy her previous series, which focussed on her recipes, which were really good, despite being artery clogging, but her recent series just makes drips with pompous smugness in her 'look at my fabulous life with my fabulous but pointless extra kitchen gadgets, and , 'oh, look at me popping to the ribbon shop' to get my daughter a single frigging ribbon for her hair' cos I am a lady of lesiure after all with my millionaire husband....blah blah blah...and by the way, dont I look fabulously sexy when I roll out of bed with eye make up perfectly intact, ready to make love to the big fat chocolate cake waiting in the fridge.....I mean COME ON!?!?!?! Ok woman, we know you can do sexy, and yes, we do watch you with a morbid fascination not dissimilar to watching bad porn, we keep going back for more but dont know why,but please, FOCUS ON THE FOOD!!!!!!!!! You barely see any in this series?! I really dont want to see her making noises at her scrambled eggs, giving them her come-to-bed eyes, jeez....
…but having said that, she does have some good ideas.
(Sorry, you opened the floodgates for me there!)
On another note, I must agree that Madhur Jaffreys Curry Bible is a trylu wonderful book, even if you dont cook from it, what a great read.
;-)
AFM - While Nigella is scary, her children are brimstone. The fop-haired brat she has spawned does more to convince you that the anti-Christ has been born than any Omen film. The repeated shots of him dancing around his mother making strange moans, whines and pleas is all the more scary knowing he will probably be a future Tory overlord. I suspect no-one will have cake when he comes to power.
Greenlee - I love her cooking, but I honestly do find the way she is intent on projecting herself somewhat chilling.
Brown Girl - do not worry, rant to your heart's content. I understand, I really do. As for the Curry Bible, you are right, it is good read even if you are not cooking from it.
? Kind of sounds like some of the movies they've been playing this month.
She does nout for me! But one thinks one will try adding bourbon to..... everything :)
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