Nigel Slater

"Food is, for me, for everybody, a very sexual thing and I think I realised that quite early on. I still cannot exaggerate how just putting a meal in front of somebody is really more of a buzz for me t…"

"I have never eaten a boiled egg, but I have had a soldier or two."

"I understood that if ever one wanted to live with someone you cooked for them and they came running. But then it is my idea of hell these days, living with someone. The idea of sharing your life with …"

"Eating, and that feel of food in the mouth, is all part of comfort and affection and warmth, and I think that a lot of the reason that I turned to food was because I was actually quite a lonely child."

"It is the deep, salty stickiness of food that intrigues me more than any other quality."

"Almost anything is edible with a dab of French mustard on it."

"Well let's face it, who on earth besides antique dealers and gay couples actually still give dinner parties?"

"Food has been my career, my hobby, and, it must be said, my escape."