Nigella Lawson has no soul?!

Court and I were watching the cooking show Nigella's Feast on the Food Network. For those of you who aren't familiar Nigella Lawson is a British woman with a cooking show and a series of cookbooks. Her personality is very odd, especially for a TV personality and I haven't quite made up my mind about her, yet. As far as I know she has never worked in the food service industry and seems to be a wealthy housewife type. She has a bizarre habit of very aggressively stating that she hates healthy food and hates eating small portions. Anyway, we are watching her make her "healthy food" (which she hates) and she comments that something would be great for her soul. I wasn't really paying all the much attention, but I could've sworn she then said, "If I had a soul..."

So you've heard it here first: Nigella Lawson has no soul. I suppose she sold it to the devil in payment for fame and fortune or something. It would explain why such an odd personality is so popular on TV...

Recent stuff we've made:
Coriander and Cumin patties from Mangoes & Curry Leaves by Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid. These are hands down the best hamburgers I've ever had. They don't need anything in the way of condiments, although Court likes a little extra yogurt on them. Server them bare or in lettuce leaves.

We made a nice salad from Jamie Oliver's The Naked Chef. The salad consists of roasted chilis, shredded basil leaves and olive oil sprinkled over torn mozzarella cheese. The coolness of the cheese complements the spicy chili really well. We also threw in some grilled pork chops topped with basil and pinenut pesto (from Jamie's book as well). I learned that Purple Basil (we've been growing some in the garden) makes a very odd-looking pesto. It tastes fine but looks almost like a black olive tapenade...