Nothing speaks to the power of Nigella Lawson than her ability to create weeks of nonsense discourse. Remember when she put avocado on toast and sent the nation’s chefs flying backwards onto their fainting couches? Remember when she advised against dinner parties? Remember “microwavé”?
This past weekend she sparked further debate by recommending we all stop making Christmas cake, inspired by her theory that few of us actually like it and that it ends up “gathering dust” on the kitchen counter anyway.
