Delia Smith Quotes

Food is for eating, and good food is to be enjoyed... I think food is, actually, very beautiful in itself.

Memories are fallible and a timer can save a lot of hard work from going out of the window

A cake is a very good test of an oven: if it browns too much on one side and not on the other, it's not your fault - you need to have your oven checked.

The thing I can't resist is a pork pie. That's my idea of a lovely treat.

Getting into the habit of switching a timer on will, I promise, save you from any number of kitchen disasters.

A hen's egg is, quite simply, a work of art, a masterpiece of design and construction with, it has to be said, brilliant packaging!

A measuring jug is also vital when cooking rice, as this is always measured by volume rather than by weight

If I was a Mayor, I would sort the traffic out and that includes public transport. The traffic jams really get on my nerves.

I sometimes think the chef end of cooking is not the real end of cooking. Cooking is all about homes and gardens, it doesn't happen in restaurants

Good kitchen equipment is expensive, but most items last a lifetime and will pay for themselves over and over again

I found in my whole career the best thing that can happen to you is that you hear what people want.

I think Antony Worrall Thompson is dreadful, just repulsive.

The chemicals in the dishwashing process tend not to be good for saucepans.

But quite honestly I can't help being a passionate football supporter. If that's my sin, I'm guilty

In our house, some of our favourite recipes just happen to be vegetarian, but I still enjoy meat and I believe very much in meat.

I have always read all the latest cookery books and magazines, from all over the world

Football is becoming all about money. I would like to be in a lift with Gordon Brown and say, 'Please do something about football.'

Hopefully people will be inspired to cook. It's my mission to persuade people not to be afraid of cooking.

I cannot for the life of me understand what the Minister Of Transport does every day. He goes to the office at 9am and leaves at 5pm and the traffic in London is still horrendous.

The journey of prayer is nothing more or less than a gradual awakening to the reality of recognizing what is already there.

I've never done any advertising because I feel I am in a position of trust, and that has been very liberating

Remember, it's very simple to have an oven tested professionally, and it only takes about five minutes.

The real love for somebody comes from getting to know them very well.

I do believe you can be attracted by somebody at first sight. We have all done it.

I cheated at school. I remember on one occasion I wrote some history dates in pen on my leg. So when there was a question like 'What year did that happen?', I'd lift my skirt up and have a look.

I don't actually get recognised. I only have my hair done and make-up put on when I am on TV. The rest of the time, I go out without make-up on, so people don't recognise me.

A message to the best football supporters in the world. We need a 12th man here. Where are you? Where are you? Let's be having you. Come on!

I don't get insomnia, but I do get the odd night when I can't unwind.