I love Nigella Lawson.i don,t think she gets near the respect that she deserves. I have all of her books, great fun just to read. I also have a number of books by Laura Calder, she is excellent on simple French cooking.i have heard of Elizabeth David but I don,t know much about her. Setting fire to things sounds good, I will check up on her for sure.
Oh , I must ask Steve, did you put the Chile pepper in lamb stew ? How much, I am Leary of chilies.