For Nigella Lawson, Culinary Pleasure Comes from Play


	For Nigella Lawson, Culinary Pleasure Comes from Play May 12, 2008 Some people don't discover culinary delights until adulthood--or later. Nigella Lawson's high-profile midlife career should inspire all culinary school students who didn't learn to love cooking as children. The Birth of Culinary Passion As a girl, Lawson preferred literary to culinary pleasures--in fact, she really didn't enjoy eating. The London-born Oxford graduate first found work as a book reviewer, deputy literary editor, and freelance journalist. At one point, she added a restaurant column to her portfolio. Then she married, had two children, and wrote a cookbook telling women that cooking shouldn't add stress to life. The rest is history. Now that she's the author of half a dozen best-selling cookbooks, designer of a line of cookware, and star of a series of television cooking programs shown worldwide, pleasure and ease are still what drive Nigella Lawson. Her message to culinary school students would be, "Play with your food." Cooking is All About Pleasure "Most cookbooks and food shows are about control, precision, and fear of doing something incorrectly," said a Gourmet interviewer. "In Nigellaworld, the kitchen is not a science lab with rigid rules and formulas to follow. It's a place to play, sometimes with your friends and kids." Lawson herself says, "My point is that the kitchen isn't a place to escape from, it's a place to escape to." *If Food Tastes* Good, It Is Good Taste is what counts. Lawson creates culinary masterpieces and preaches using the best fresh ingredients, but Coca Cola is a key component of her favorite ham recipe. She eats "special Italian eggs from a Greek grocer in Notting Hill--they've got a richer, more eggy flavor, and a fabulous color," but also fixes toasted sandwiches for her children using "a little square of plastic ham and plastic cheese," and says they're delicious. To culinary super-star Nigella Lawson, good food is for pleasure and play. It should taste delicious, be shared with friends, and ease life's stresses. What culinary student wouldn't want to live in "Nigellaworld"? Sources** Gourmet Nigella Lawson	Culinary Schools California School of Culinary Arts Request Free Info Keiser University - Center for Culinary Arts Request Free Info L'Ecole Culinaire - St. Louis Request Free Info Kendall College - Chicago Request Free Info Center for Culinary Arts - CT Request Free Info Florida Culinary Institute Request Free Info Culinary Articles Culinary Salary Information Post-Katrina New Orleans Restaurant Scene Bounces Back Better than Ever Top 5 Culinary Trends for 2008: Less is Definitely More Gluten-free Baking: 7 Simple Tips for Sweet Success Water, Water Everywhere: Culinary Schools Study the Tap Water Trend More Articles Chef Profiles For Nigella Lawson, Culinary Pleasure Comes from Play Chef Tyler Florence: Portrait of a Home-cooking TV Chef Padma Lakshmi's Recipe for Culinary Success: Go International More Articles Chef Jobs Culinary Job Search California Culinary Schools Pasadena Culinary Schools San Diego Culinary Schools San Francisco Culinary Schools Florida Culinary Schools Miami Culinary Schools Orlando Culinary Schools New York Culinary Schools New York City Culinary Schools Texas Culinary Schools Austin Culinary Schools Dallas Culinary Schools Houston Culinary Schools

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