Nigella Lawson's Cook, Eat, Repeat

Nigella shows her take on the bhorta, to which she introduces a very British but very familiar ingredient. Next, she introduces slow cooked lamb shanks with wide noodles and cabbage. Then, ripe bananas are the key ingredient in two desserts.

Nigella shares gorgeous recipes, including a fluffy white loaf, a fried chicken sandwich, cheesecake ice cream, fear-free fish stew, and a simple yet daring cherry flambé that uses frozen cherries and kirsch.

Nigella presents recipes for her Basque Burnt Cheesecake, roast vegetables with fragrant cumin and fennel seeds with spiced bulgur wheat, and her go-to celebratory cake: a chocolate and peanut butter layered creation of her children’s dreams.

Nigella dives into a historical cookbook to utilize one of her favorite ingredients: the anchovy. At her cocktail trolley, Nigella shakes up a cocktail using lemon juice and elderflower—a combination which inspired her lemon and elderflower pudding.

Nigella’s grandmother provides inspiration for the first recipe, a caramel custard which reminds her of the crème caramel she loved as a child. Her next dish is fusilloni and spicy n’duja, which makes an instant sauce alongside cavolo nero.

Nigella debates the classics with recipes for her crab mac ’n’ cheese, chocolate cookies, and her take on her mother’s praised chicken. She also creates a rice pudding with a raspberry jam sauce and nachos with her crab mac ‘n’ cheese sauce.

The Christmas tree is up, the tea lights sparkling, and it’s the culinary highlight of the year. Nigella indulges with food from near and far: ruby noodles, pink pomegranate cocktails, smoke salmon on black bread, and Norwegian pork ribs.