Food is for eating, and good food is to be enjoyed... I think food is, actually, very beautiful in itself.

In our house, some of our favourite recipes just happen to be vegetarian, but I still enjoy meat and I believe very much in meat.

In 35 years of being in the media, I've had all this mud flung at me many, many times. It's not the first time. It's nothing unusual. I've been through it all before and the best way to deal with it is not to read them

The chemicals in the dishwashing process tend not to be good for saucepans.

Remember, it's very simple to have an oven tested professionally, and it only takes about five minutes.

There are people who claim to be instinctive cooks, who never follow recipes or weigh anything at all. All I can say is they're not very fussy about what they eat. For me, cooking is an exact art and not some casual game.

I do believe you can be attracted by somebody at first sight. We have all done it.