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“Modern cookbooks are marketing tools for chefs. They're in the bestseller lists but no one cooks from them.” quote by Prue Leith — Download Open image

“Modern cookbooks are marketing tools for chefs. They're in the bestseller lists but no one cooks from them.”

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I love writing fiction and can do it anywhere - I once even missed a flight because I was so engrossed.

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If I am tanned, I feel a million times better.

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Hua Hin is Thailand's royal beach resort and home to the king's summer palace. The local food is fantastic, the weather is beautiful, everything's…

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If you've got children it's a hell of an everyday job. From a business point of view, children and husbands slow you down.

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I've baked more cakes since I've been on 'Bake Off' than I have in my life.

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I've always had an image of Mother's Pride flour, very respectable and middle-class.

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It sounds boring, but anything is easy to start-starting a novel, starting a business ... it's keeping the thing going that is difficult.

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I was an intellectual groupie. Still am.

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I adored the celebrity 'Bake Offs.' They have a more relaxed atmosphere. They all come on thinking they're not competitive so there's a lot…

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The most important thing is to teach children to cook at schools. And not only to cook but to understand about where their food…

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I think women write more fully and honestly than men about heart and home.

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Nobody should eat too much cake.

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