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title: "1 Chili Quotes By Nigella Lawson"
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> [Tension translates to your guests. They'll have a much better time having chili and baked potatoes than they would if you did roast duck with a wild cherry sauce and then had to lie down and cry for a while.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigella-lawson/tension-translates-to-your-guests-they-ll-have-a-much-better-time/)

[Nigella Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigella-lawson/)

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## More by Nigella Lawson

> [But if you know that something has been really vicious, you don't read it, you don't let it into your head. What's damaging is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigella-lawson/but-if-you-know-that-something-has-been-really-vicious-you-don-t-read/)

[Nigella Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigella-lawson/)

> [Some people did take the domestic goddess title literally rather than ironically. It was about the pleasures of feeling like one rather than actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigella-lawson/some-people-did-take-the-domestic-goddess-title-literally-rather-than/)

[Nigella Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigella-lawson/)

> [You cannot truly say you live well unless you eat well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigella-lawson/you-cannot-truly-say-you-live-well-unless-you-eat-well/)

[Nigella Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigella-lawson/)

> [Glamour really has to do with good lighting, doesn't it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigella-lawson/glamour-really-has-to-do-with-good-lighting-doesn-t-it/)

[Nigella Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigella-lawson/)

> [Sometimes it's good just to be seduced by the particular cheeses spread out in front of you on a cheese counter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigella-lawson/sometimes-it-s-good-just-to-be-seduced-by-the-particular-cheeses/)

[Nigella Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigella-lawson/)

> [But I do think that women who spend all their lives on a diet probably have a miserable sex life: if your body is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigella-lawson/but-i-do-think-that-women-who-spend-all-their-lives-on-a-diet/)

[Nigella Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigella-lawson/)

> [The thing I liked about writing about food when I started it was that I felt I was writing about food in a different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigella-lawson/the-thing-i-liked-about-writing-about-food-when-i-started-it-was-that/)

[Nigella Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigella-lawson/)

> [I'm not much of a drinker. I'm an eater more than a drinker. So I feel that I don't have to wait to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigella-lawson/i-m-not-much-of-a-drinker-i-m-an-eater-more-than-a-drinker-so-i-feel/)

[Nigella Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigella-lawson/)

> [If I could go into the woods and kill a bear myself, I'd wear it proudly as a trophy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigella-lawson/if-i-could-go-into-the-woods-and-kill-a-bear-myself-i-d-wear-it/)

[Nigella Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigella-lawson/)

> [I'm not someone who's endlessly patient and wonderful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigella-lawson/i-m-not-someone-who-s-endlessly-patient-and-wonderful/)

[Nigella Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigella-lawson/)

> [Statistically, people who have been happily married and then widowed tend to remarry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigella-lawson/statistically-people-who-have-been-happily-married-and-then-widowed/)

[Nigella Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigella-lawson/)

> [I was a quiet teenager, introverted, full of angst.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigella-lawson/i-was-a-quiet-teenager-introverted-full-of-angst/)

[Nigella Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigella-lawson/)

> [I lurch from chaos to chaos. I can't find my driving licence and my clothes are everywhere - cooking is the neatest thing I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigella-lawson/i-lurch-from-chaos-to-chaos-i-can-t-find-my-driving-licence-and-my/)

[Nigella Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigella-lawson/)

> [It's true that I wouldn't have written the first book had my sister and mother been alive. It was my way of continuing our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigella-lawson/it-s-true-that-i-wouldn-t-have-written-the-first-book-had-my-sister/)

[Nigella Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigella-lawson/)

> [Gordon Ramsay makes me laugh because he knows that I'm not a chef.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigella-lawson/gordon-ramsay-makes-me-laugh-because-he-knows-that-i-m-not-a-chef/)

[Nigella Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigella-lawson/)

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