62 Quotes by Delia Smith

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

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.

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

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

There are people who claim to be instinctive cooks, who never follow recipes or weigh anything at all. All I can say is they’re not very fussy about what they eat. For me, cooking is an exact art and not some casual game.

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.

Although a food processor is not an absolutely essential piece of equipment, because you can certainly chop, grate, slice, knead and mix everything by hand, it does do all these things very quickly and efficiently and saves you time and energy.

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

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