Nigella Lawson’s own family

1. Nigella Lawson’s own family In 1986, ​Nigella married​ the journalist John Diamond. The two met when they both worked for the Times of London, and were, by all accounts, a very happy couple. They were together until Diamond’s untimely death, from throat cancer, in 2001. Diamond’s last words were spoken about his beloved wife. “How proud I am of you and what you have become,” he told her. The couple had two children: a daughter, Cosima, and a son, Bruno. Several years later, the widowed Nigella fell in love with Charles Saatchi, a wealthy international art dealer. That marriage involved a lot of turmoil. Nigella ​accused Saatchi​ of emotionally abusing her; she said that he was controlling and that he subjected her to “intimate terrorism.” The couple eventually got divorced. Nigella Lawson’s goals and inspiration Nigella’s ultimate goal, she says, is to show her fans that “real cooking” doesn’t have to be difficult. It should be fun, easy, and enjoyable. Nigella ​told the Guardian​ that she was inspired to write her first book after she went to a disastrous dinner party, where she felt sorry for the exhausted host. She explained,

2. “I had gone to a dinner party where the host spent the time rushing back to the stove and then could be heard sobbing loudly. I think that too many people feel that they must strain to ​produce restaurant food​ in a domestic kitchen, and I wanted to counter that.” I do think the fact that I am a bit of a kitchen klutz, and fit cooking into an already busy life (and I started writing food books when I was a non-food columnist with young children), means that I cook in much the same way as my readers, or viewers. Real cooking, the sort that goes on in homes, does not have to be tricksy or difficult, and I felt it was important to demonstrate that. It's vital to show people how easy it is to get something good on the table. She also told the Guardian that she wrote her first book, ​How to Eat​, as a way to show her love for her mother and one of her sisters. Both of those women died early, untimely deaths, and Nigella said that she wanted a way to keep their memories alive. What better way, she decided, than through food?