Nigella Bites

Name: Nigella Bites
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 7.2

7.2

2000 – 20022 Seasons · 16 EpisodesEnded

Documentary

Overview

Intimate and conversational, award-winning domestic goddess Nigella Lawson shares her secrets for creating perfect meals for every occasion. From TV dinners to Temple Food and from ultimate All-Day breakfast to Party food, Nigella reveals how to make satisfying meals that suit your mood. Nigella offers practical tips and a set of hassle-free principles that make cooking an enjoyable part of life even when making indulgent recipes such as Turkish Delight Syllabub, Lemon Risotto or the divine Lamb-Shank Stew.

Network: Channel 4

Cast

Nigella Lawson

Self

Episodes

Season 1 Season 2

Episode 1 · 30m

Fast Food

Nigella Lawson provides a step by step guide to creating delicious recipes for every occasion, be it cooking for many or for those times when you are home alone. For Nigella entertaining means sharing time with friends, not spending hours slaving over a hot stove and the taste of the food is far more important than agonising over presentation. Today she tackles creating delicious food in a very short space of time. On the list are lemon linguine and chicken with couscous and a delicious chocolate dessert.

Aug 30, 2000

Episode 2 · 30m

Entertaining

For Nigella, entertaining means spending time with friends, not anguishing alone in the kitchen, and the taste of the food is far more important than its presentations. To take the strain out of home entertaining Nigella goes a Middle Eastern style meze. The food itself is not all from the Middle East, rather it's the pattern of eating that's emulated, with a series of dishes, including hummus with yogurt, olive oil and toasted pinenuts, lime-sharp guacamole studded with green chili, garlic and prosciutto with beans. This is easy cooking and easy eating.

Sep 6, 2000

Episode 3 · 30m

Family Food

We all have certain foods which comfort us because they remind us of childhood. Dishes that our parents prepared for us always retain a special place in our hearts. For Nigella, her ultimate ‘desert island dish' is her mother's steak bearnaise and, for dessert, her grandmother's poached pears with vanilla ice cream and dark, luscious chocolate sauce.

Sep 13, 2000

Episode 4 · 30m

Home Alone

Nigella Lawson cooks because she loves to eat. Intimate and conversational, her series, Nigella Bites, is a total immersion in Nigella's food life, focusing on the simple yet delicious food she cooks for herself, her family and friends and the food she fantasises about. Each week she shows how to create straightforward yet appetising dishes, and offers practical tips and a set of hassle-free principles that make cooking an enjoyable part of life rather than performance art. In this episode, Nigella focuses on the foods she loves to eat when she's home alone.

Sep 20, 2000

Episode 5 · 30m

Weekend

Nigella Lawson shares her favourite ‘weekend' recipes. Intimate and conversational, the programme focuses on the simple yet delicious food she cooks for herself, her family and friends. As ever, Nigella's mantra is “minimum effort for maximum pleasure” and, in this programme, she shows how to create straightforward yet appetising dishes that make cooking an enjoyable part of weekend life rather than performance art.

Sep 27, 2000