Delia Smith Quotes

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• The chemicals in the dishwashing process tend not to be good for saucepans.
• In 35 years of being in the media, I've had all this mud flung at me many, many times. It's not the first time. It's…
• But quite honestly I can't help being a passionate football supporter. If that's my sin, I'm guilty
• Good kitchen equipment is expensive, but most items last a lifetime and will pay for themselves over and over again
• I sometimes think the chef end of cooking is not the real end of cooking. Cooking is all about homes and gardens, it doesn't happen…
• Although a food processor is not an absolutely essential piece of equipment, because you can certainly chop, grate, slice, knead and mix everything by hand,…
• Memories are fallible and a timer can save a lot of hard work from going out of the window
• A measuring jug is also vital when cooking rice, as this is always measured by volume rather than by weight
• I have always read all the latest cookery books and magazines, from all over the world
• Getting into the habit of switching a timer on will, I promise, save you from any number of kitchen disasters.
• Remember, it's very simple to have an oven tested professionally, and it only takes about five minutes.
• There are people who claim to be instinctive cooks, who never follow recipes or weigh anything at all. All I can say is they're not…
• I found in my whole career the best thing that can happen to you is that you hear what people want.
• The journey of prayer is nothing more or less than a gradual awakening to the reality of recognizing what is already there.
• I've never done any advertising because I feel I am in a position of trust, and that has been very liberating
• Food is for eating, and good food is to be enjoyed... I think food is, actually, very beautiful in itself.
• A cake is a very good test of an oven: if it browns too much on one side and not on the other, it's not…
• There are three reasons why this book came into being. First, throughout the 33 years I've been writing recipes - although I'm not vegetarian myself…

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