Food, for me, is a constant pleasure: I like to think greedily about it, reflect deeply on it, learn from it; it provides comfort, inspiration, meaning and beauty . There are always plenty of stories, evocative descriptions, and a genuine joie de vivre that never fails to make me smile— and make me hungry! but from deep within the cacophonous orchestra of my mind, the woodwind section starts up a searing wail, the cellos come in with their melancholy sob, only giving way to the brass section to end with the wah wah wah waah of the sad trombone.

Cook, Eat, Repeat’ is a delicious and delightful combination of recipes intertwined with narrative essays about food, all written in Nigella’s engaging and insightful prose. When Lawson says 'Cook, Eat Repeat is the rhythm of my life', it's an invitation for you to dance in the everyday, too. Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. I feel conflicted with this, while I worship the altar of Lawson and have cooked, and still do, many of her recipes over the years this one was not a hit with me. Some cool recipes in this one but, really, I'm just not that into Nigella that I want to read her every thought on things.Cook, Eat, Repeat is a delicious and delightful combination of recipes intertwined with narrative essays about food, all written in Nigella Lawson’s engaging and insightful prose. I also suspect she has a fantastic sense of humour, and is the first to laugh at herself (or at least, her TV self), but that the general public has a hard time letting her show that (just look at how the internet imploded over her pronunciation of 'microwave'). Even though I might not make most of what is in here, I loved reading about her philosophy of food and its importance to ourselves and to the people around us.

no one should feel guilty about what they eat, or the pleasure they get from eating; the only thing to feel guilty about (and even then I don’t recommend it) is the failure to be grateful for that pleasure. Food, for me, is a constant pleasure: I like to think greedily about it, reflect deeply on it, learn from it; it provides comfort, inspiration, meaning and beauty… More than just a mantra, “cook, eat, repeat” is the story of my life. From the back cover of my copy (also the closing paragraph to the INTRODUCTION) alongside the only photo of Nigella:📝 ‘Food, for me, is a constant pleasure: I like to think greedily about it, reflect deeply on it, learn from it; it provides comfort, inspiration, meaning and beauty as well as sustenance and structure. It feels weird to say this, but a solo Nigella pottering in her house cooking meals for one and not entertaining and cooking for a bounty seems, perhaps yes, truthful and of the now (lock down, kids moving on etc) but like a jigsaw with missing pieces. There is plenty of culture and inheritance in this book, but it is also notable for its highly flavoured and culturally diverse ingredients.No, it’s not your regular recipe/cookery book of recipe, photo, recipe , photo repeat which has a place and we all enjoy them. Ja si z tejto knihy odnášam predovšetkým jedno: a to je to, že spôsob, akým varíme, je častokrát spôsob, akým žijeme. And it is this; no one should feel guilty about what they eat, or the pleasure they get from eating; the only thing to feel guilty about (and even then I don’t recommend it) is the failure to be grateful for that pleasure. The book comes complete with a pinky-red fabric ribbon to keep your place, similar to the colour of the accent shade throughout including the subtitle on the cover and the recipe titles, headings etc.