Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking
By Nigella Lawson
Lawson's is an incredible story. The leftist daughter of archconservative British politico Nigel Lawson, she went from newspaper literary editor to restaurant critic to TV star in England, where her cooking show Nigella Bites is a hit (it debuts Nov. 17 in the United States on E!). Along the way this smart mother of two lost her own mother, sister and husband to cancer. Her kitchen philosophy—that cooking need not be stressful—is nothing new, but her writing is vivid and fresh. Recipes like Boxing Day egg-and-bacon pie, gooseberry-cream crumble and passion-fruit-mascarpone-and-meringue trifle are a tad British for American tastes, perhaps, but we would drive on the left side of the road to get to her molten-chocolate baby cakes. (Hyperion, $35)
Bottom Line: Sharp style from one tough English cookie
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