Nigella Lawson is "Twitchy" and "Antsy" if she doesn't get time for this unexpected hobby

Nigella Lucy Lawson who is daughter of a former Chancellor of Exchequer, Nigel Lawson, is a cooking show host. She is a very popular face on television and started her career as a book reviewer and restaurant critic. She later became deputy literary editor of a reputed newspaper in 1986. In 1998, she published her first book, How To Eat, which became a best-seller that year. Her second book, How to Be A Domestic Goddess, released in year 2000, brought to her British Book Award for Author of Year.  She has won many awards in field of writing and has appeared on many cooking shows including Top Chef and MasterChef US.

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In an interview with a leading entertainment portal, Nigella opened up about her favourite things to do and best books to gift someone this holiday season. While many may have expected author’s favourite past time hobby to be cooking and experimenting with food, it is t quite so. famous cook show host has a steep inclination towards reading books. fifty-nine-year-old revealed in interview that she has always had a reading at top of her priority list and has a passion for reading. She furr went on and said that so deep is her love for books that if she does t get to read for at least six hours a day’s reading time on a weekend, she feels “twitchy”. She furr admitted that on weekdays, if she is t in bed by seven-thirty with a book, she gets “antsy”.

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Nigella said that as her children are grown-ups, she regards her weekends as reading days. She told entertainment portal that her rapist friend told her once that reading for her is a form of self-medication. She likes to read in quiet hours when she is unable to sleep.

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Nigella revealed her favourite books of 2019. y included Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodener Akner, She Said by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, and  Dutch House by Ann Patchett. She also said that stocking up on Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez, Idaho by Emily Ruskovich, Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson, and  Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead. She recommended From Oven to Table by Diana Henry for a cookbook.

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