Then again, they're not scripted and I feel it's virtually impossible to be anything but yourself when you're in front of the cameras and cooking so there is a measure of truth in what you see.

I am not sure about facelifts because I wouldn't want to be someone who just looks like she's had a facelift.

Sometimes...we don't want to feel like a postmodern, postfeminist, overstretched woman but, rather, a domestic goddess, trailing nutmeggy fumes of baking pie in our languorous wake.

I do think awful things may happen at any moment, so while they are not happening, you may as well be pleased.

You cannot truly say you live well unless you eat well.

In England and America people tend to graze all day long, but I think it's such a waste to be constantly picking at food because you then can't enjoy a proper full meal when the time comes.

I'm not someone who's endlessly patient and wonderful.