After a three-year absence for dalliances with America, Channel 4, fraud trials and divorce, domestic goddess Nigella Lawson returns to the BBC on tonight (BBC2 at 8.30pm) for her new series, Simply Nigella. Here’s our spotter’s guide, so watch along and see how many of our Nigella-isms you can tick off…
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Nigella wafts around vast, stylish kitchen and you experience pangs of property envy
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Triple alliteration, eg “basking in bronze beauty”, “gorgeous golden globules” or “fruitful foraging in the fridge”
38
She licks something erotically from a spoon
52
Nigella makes midnight feast raid, wearing a silky dressing gown and illuminated by fridge light
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She strolls around high-end London shop, picking out produce - even though in real life, she totally has someone to do her shopping for her
4
Party of glamorous guests descend for candlelit supper. They look faintly important and influential, like you should know who they are, but you don’t
18
She “cheats” by using scissors to chop herbs, vegetables or pancetta, instead of a knife
33
Something gets “bejewelled” with pomegranate seeds or topped with an “adornment” of chilli flakes/“breakfast radishes”/something else pink or red
46
Nigella describes a dish as “therapeutic”, “comforting”, “calming” or “soul food”
62
Sensuous bodily language applied to food, eg “wibbling thigh”, “succulent breast”, “creamy skin” or “milky soft flesh”
51
Glimpse of Nigella’s walk-in larder, its walls lined with exotic jars and bottles
7
She eschews boring utensils and instead plunges in her impeccably manicured hands to toss a salad
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She “tumbles”, “wodges”, “dobs” or “sploshes” something into the pan and “introduces” ingredients to each other
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Reference to Nigella’s travels, from her gap yah in Italy to five-star jaunts around Morocco, Thailand, Japan and Mexico
