The busty cookbook author, cook and television personality, Nigella Lawson recently featured on the cover of the UK lifestyle magazine “Stylist.” She was also the Guest Editor for that issue. However that is not what this blog is about. It is her “love affair” with salted caramel that has everyone drooling over the latest issue of the ‘Stylist.’ Yes! the more evolved version of the humble caramel, which is used for much more than just drenching popcorns or custard. Read about the love affair here...

1) The Cover Shoot

At the cover shoot for the magazine, Nigella appears doused in salted caramel with closed eyes and her two hands clasping each side of her face. The expression of absolute bliss on her face is purely divine and it indicates how much she enjoyed herself during the shoot.

2) Nigella’s Editor’s Letter

This love affair is also reflected in the Editor’s Letter that Lawson wrote for the issue. She says in the letter, “I am in the middle of a love affair with salted caramel. It’s heady, it’s passionate, it may – like the stalker’s obsessive focus – not be entirely healthy, but I take the view that few in this world have the luxury to be blasé about pleasure. There’s simply not enough of it about for us to gainsay what gifts are offered up for our enjoyment.”

3) Nigella’s Website 

In fact, her love affair with salted caramel is reverberated everywhere else, including Nigella’s own website. She writes, “Well, it’s a bit late in the day to surprise anyone with my love for salted caramel: my secret love’s no secret anymore. And yes, I am happy to shout it from the highest hill…”

4) Nigella’s Salted Caramel Recipe 

The celebrity author and TV show host goes on to share with her fans her recipe for salted caramel, which she says, is the best in the world. She also talks about a host of dishes that you can cook with it.

This single-minded obsession with salted caramel may raise heckles among the public health advocates but that is nothing new for this celebrity because Nigella Lawson has, in the past too, faced brickbats for her weight issues and her open support for gluttonous recipes. Well, what can one say? If Nigella wants to wallow in the sinful trinity of sugar, salt, and fat, she can do that by all means. And if you want to join in, carry on!

Image Courtesy: nigellalawson.net, atannaskitchentable.blogspot.com