1986 - Nigella worked for the Sunday Times as a deputy literary editor.1985 - Nigella wrote a restaurant column for the Spectator (which her father had been editor of from 1966 - 1970, and of which her brother Dominic was later also editor from 1990 until 1995.).1979 - She spent a year in Italy, principally Florence, at the age of 19.1976 - At age of 16, Nigella spent some time in Paris with friends of her parents.Her brother was an editor of the Sunday Telegraph newspaper from 1995 to 2005. He also published a food book, titled “The Nigel Lawson Diet Book” (January 1989.) She also had a brother, Dominic, and two sisters, Horatia and Thomasina (Horatia lives in New York.) Nigella went to Godolphin and Latymer School, then Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford where she studied Medieval and Modern Languages. Her mother was Vanessa Salmon her father was Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, and Chancellor of the Exchequer under Margaret Thatcher between June 1983 and October 1989. 1960 - Nigella was born 6 January 1960 in London, as Nigella Lucy Lawson.She lives in Shepherd’s Bush, West London. She has been a regular reviewer on Channel 4’s “Booked” programme with David Aaronovitch in the UK. Her great-great-grandmother insisted on cooking Christmas dinner a second time each year on Midsummer’s Day, and she has shocked foodies of all religious ilks with her recipe for ham cooked in Coca-Cola. Her parents were very worldly Jews her mother not only celebrated Christmas, but cooked ham for it. Her shows show her actually eating her own food, sitting on a chesterfield in front of the television.

She is not a purist she is not afraid to reach for frozen vegetables or powdered stock. Not a professional cook by training, she emphasizes enjoyment rather than achievement in cooking. Nigella Lawson is a celebrity TV cook and cookbook author.

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