MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) - America might not know what to make of a
celebrity chef as comfortable quoting philosophers as corralling reality
cooking show contestants.
And Nigella Lawson is completely at ease with that.
"Today, it's all about marketing and people want to
know where to place you," Lawson said during an interview Saturday at
the South Beach Wine and Food Festival. "And I suppose I just don't care
about that."
Lawson has carved a long culinary career by rejecting stereotypes and speaking her mind.
Most recently, she garnered attention for telling
the producers of her latest television venture "The Taste" that they
could not retouch images of her to reduce her belly.
It's not about vanity. It's about voice. And she
wants hers heard - or in the case of her curves, seen - without layers
of producers and editors and retouchers reinterpreting her message to
viewers and readers.
"I don't need that to be mediated by any other
person," she said. "To have your voice tampered with is a terrible
thing. It has to be a genuine conversation with the reader."
That's why when Lawson writes cookbooks - including
her just released ode to Italian cooking, "Nigellissima" - she sends
them to the designer long before they go to her publisher. It's a way to
preserve her vision for the book rather than have an editor decide how
it should look.
It's also why she's comfortable dropping the names
of British philosophers - in this case Bertrand Russell - in the
introduction of her new book, the sort of highfalutin chatter that would
end up chopped by most cookbook editors.
As for "The Taste" - which Lawson shoots with
fellow culinary free spirit Anthony Bourdain - she has ideas for
changing it up a bit if there is a second season, including more cooking
and eating by the teams who compete on the show.
"The producers probably don't want all my extra
ideas, but I probably will give them the benefit of my ideas whether
they want them or not," she said.
Rescue crews are working through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood.
Spotlights bore down on massive piles of shredded cinder block, insulation and metal as crews worked through the night lifting bricks and parts of collapsed walls where a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City...
Monday, May 20 2013 11:11 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:11:56 GMT
A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were reported killed.
A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were reported killed.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 6:30 AM EDT2013-05-21 10:30:27 GMT
Coast guard crews are searching for a missing boater in Lake Erie. Authorities aren't releasing a name, but they say this person left Meinke Marina in Curtice, Ohio Monday afternoon. The person was due
Coast guard crews found a boater reported to be missing on Lake Erie Tuesday morning.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 6:15 AM EDT2013-05-21 10:15:41 GMT
Investigators with the arson unit have a person of interest custody possibly linked to a fire at 727 Euclid.The fire started before 4:30 this morning on Euclid near Starr.Investigators say it was a vacant
Investigators with the arson unit have a person of interest custody possibly linked to a fire at 727 Euclid.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 5:32 AM EDT2013-05-21 09:32:35 GMT
Toledo firefighters are on the scene of a house fire on the city's East side. Firefighters were called to a home on Thurston Street between Woodville Road and Starr Avenue just after four this morning. There
Toledo firefighters battled flames at two homes on Toledo's East side Tuesday morning.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:23 AM EDT2013-05-21 04:23:10 GMT
A twister ripped through the Lake Township area almost three years ago. The community is pretty much back to normal, but residents still remember the horror that hit their neighborhood in 2010.
A twister ripped through the Lake Township area almost three years ago. The community is pretty much back to normal, but residents still remember the horror that hit their neighborhood in 2010.
Monday, May 20 2013 11:18 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:18:47 GMT
For some people in Northwest Ohio, the image of a massive tornado is something they only see on TV. But Allan Detrich puts himself directly in their path."Seeing the storms out in the plains, they're
A local man remembers being in Oklahoma City in 1999, when a massive tornado ravaged the city. Allan Detrich of Fremont says the area was devastated and Monday's tornado reminds him of what happened some 14 years ago.
Monday, May 20 2013 11:15 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:15:43 GMT
Thousands of shipwrecks rest close to home and some local divers are on a mission to discover them. The weather on Lake Erie can be violent at times without much warning. Darkness, fog, wind and waves
Local divers are on a search to discover some of the thousands of shipwrecks on the bottom of Lake Erie.
Monday, May 20 2013 6:37 PM EDT2013-05-20 22:37:02 GMT
Portions of Moore, Oklahoma were ravaged by a mile-wide tornado this Monday afternoon. This follows a near-record quiet start to tornado season. Strong storms may reach northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan by Tuesday.
Portions of Moore, Oklahoma were ravaged by a mile-wide tornado this Monday afternoon. This follows a near-record quiet start to tornado season. Strong storms may reach northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan by Tuesday.
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