Cooking aside, I am what you’d call a domestic slut…

Cooking aside, I am what you’d call a domestic slut. Cooking is really the only domestic activity I enjoy. I would do anything not to do the normal bits of household work - it’s not one of my strong points.

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As quoted in “Nigella Lawson” by James Ellis in Metro (4 September 2002 )

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