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Cooking is actually quite aggressive and controlling and sometimes, yes, there is an element of force-feeding going on.

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Nigella Lawson
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: January 6
Journalist
Reality Television
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London
England
Nigella Lucy Lawson
Hon. Nigella Lucy Lawson
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