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Mary Berry
British
Chef
Born:
Mar 24
,
1935
Family
Good
Me
Think
Time
You
Related authors:
Bobby Flay
Christina Tosi
Gordon Ramsay
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Paul Hollywood
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Cooking and baking is both physical and mental therapy.
Mary Berry
Cooking
Physical
Mental
Both
Baking
Therapy
It's so comforting to have a small piece of cake. Just one slice.
Mary Berry
Comforting
Cake
Slice
Small
Small Piece
Piece
Just
Just One
Having children is the greatest thing that can happen to you as a husband and wife. They are infuriating at times when they're little, but on the whole, they're such a joy. I don't think I was the most brilliant mother when they were young. I had quite a bit of help because I was working and I enjoyed my work.
Mary Berry
Work
You
Joy
Husband And Wife
Mother
Brilliant
Wife
Husband
Young
Think
Bit
Having
Having Children
Had
Most
Because
Greatest
Were
Greatest Thing
Times
Quite
Quite A Bit
Children
Happen
Little
Infuriating
Working
Help
Whole
Thing
Enjoyed
I was rather hopeless at school, but the one subject I seemed to be good at was domestic science.
Mary Berry
Good
Science
School
Hopeless
Seemed
Rather
Subject
Domestic
I was always nervous before a television show, and I still am now. But 'The Great British Bake Off' is a happy show; there is no bad language, and although we do have drama, we deal with it calmly.
Mary Berry
Great
Happy
Language
Nervous
Before
Drama
Television
Television Show
Bad
Bake
Although
Deal
Calmly
Always
Am
Still
Off
Show
Now
British
I won't do 'Strictly' or any of those ghastly reality programmes. 'I'm a Celebrity' would be the end. It makes me shudder.
Mary Berry
Me
Reality
Programmes
Strictly
Ghastly
Those
Would
Would-Be
Makes
End
Celebrity
Any
Shudder
As parents are usually working, they haven't time to teach children about cooking, and it's a wilderness. They should be given healthy recipes - some standbys so that when they leave home, they don't live on junk.
Mary Berry
Time
Home
Cooking
Parents
Healthy
Live
Recipes
Wilderness
Some
About
Given
Leave
Junk
Children
Should
Working
Teach
I hate Gordon Ramsay's programmes: I don't know if he's been told it makes good television.
Mary Berry
Good
Hate
Programmes
Television
He
Know
Gordon
Makes
Been
I don't want food all over the place, down the sides of the sofa... When I shared a flat before I got married, we would always eat around the telly, but not now!
Mary Berry
Food
Before
Down
Sides
Married
Telly
Would
Eat
Shared
Over
Around
Always
Got
Want
Flat
Place
Now
Sofa
I have no desire to be a centenarian. I think 90 is a great time. You've had a good innings. You have to deal with the cards that have been dealt, of course, but I don't think very old age, if you haven't got your marbles, can be very nice.
Mary Berry
Time
Good
Great
You
Age
Old
Old Age
Nice
Think
Innings
No Desire
Had
Great Time
Course
Deal
Got
Dealt
Been
Very
Your
Marbles
Cards
Desire
As I was growing up, all meals, including breakfast, were family occasions, and you all sat down to eat together - and you had to finish everything as well.
Mary Berry
Family
You
Together
Breakfast
Down
Everything
Eat
Finish
Had
Well
Occasions
Were
Up
Meals
Sat
Including
Growing
Growing Up
I'm just very grateful that the media has been so kind to me, because there's nothing unusual about me. I'm just a mum and a granny who is teaching cookery on TV. Basically, I'm very ordinary.
Mary Berry
Me
Grateful
Nothing
Has-Been
Kind
TV
About
Unusual
Because
Been
Very
Just
Ordinary
Granny
Teaching
Cookery
Who
Media
Mum
Basically
I'm really boring. I think about cooking all the time. I have a little book, so when I go out or see something, I jot it down and try to include it in a recipe or do a variation of it. I even have a notepad by my bed, which is usually saying we're running out of mango chutney.
Mary Berry
Saying
Time
Cooking
Book
Try
Down
Think
Recipe
Out
Running
Boring
See
About
Something
Variation
Jot
Bed
Go
Which
Little
Really
Even
Include
I won't cook in deep fat. Years ago, I met a fireman who said most kitchen fires were caused by deep fat, and I don't think that's changed. Oven chips are good enough for my grandchildren, and they're chuffed with that.
Mary Berry
Good
Met
Think
Changed
Enough
Kitchen
Fireman
Fires
Oven
Most
Said
Caused
Were
Years
Years Ago
Grandchildren
Chips
Cook
Who
Deep
Fat
When you're on the way up, you have to take all the jobs because bills have to be paid.
Mary Berry
You
Way
Jobs
Take
Because
Up
Paid
Bills
My husband is not in the slightest bit domesticated, but as the years go, by he's getting better. He can make an excellent omelette.
Mary Berry
Better
Husband
Bit
Slightest
Excellent
He
Make
Go
Years
Domesticated
Getting
Getting Better
The biscuit tin shouldn't be handy - move it about a bit. Try to keep it out of the way.
Mary Berry
Try
Way
Bit
Out
About
Tin
Handy
Move
Keep
When I thought I couldn't write recipes, my boss at the time advised, 'Write as you talk.'
Mary Berry
Time
You
Thought
Recipes
Boss
Write
Talk
Advised
If you are buying a larger turkey than usual, make sure it will fit in the oven.
Mary Berry
You
Will
Oven
Make
Sure
Fit
Than
Turkey
Usual
Larger
Buying
I never fry a doughnut! If you want a doughnut, go and buy one once in a blue moon. It's about everything in moderation.
Mary Berry
Buy
You
Moon
Everything
Once
Everything In Moderation
About
Never
Go
Moderation
Blue
Want
Fry
Doughnut
Freak diets I don't think work. It's control.
Mary Berry
Work
Control
Think
Freak
Diets
I'm not great on the florals. I think you've got to wear what you're happy in and that is fun but isn't mutton dressed up as lamb.
Mary Berry
Great
You
Happy
Think
Wear
Mutton
Dressed
Got
Up
Lamb
Fun
A lot of other reality shows on television can be bullying and aggressive, but we wanted 'The Bake Off' to be an antidote to that.
Mary Berry
Bullying
Reality
Aggressive
Other
Television
Bake
Lot
Off
Antidote
Wanted
Reality Shows
Shows
I can't bear the thought of retirement, and I haven't prepared myself for it. I don't play bridge, and I don't play golf. I do play tennis, but you can't do that every day of the week.
Mary Berry
Myself
Day
You
Every Day
Thought
Every
Bear
Week
Tennis
Retirement
Golf
Bridge
Prepared
Play
Play Golf
When our William was killed, there wasn't a child bereavement charity. I was extremely blessed with a very close family, wonderful friends, a supportive husband, and two further children.
Mary Berry
Family
Charity
Wonderful
Husband
Blessed
Our
Extremely
Further
Bereavement
William
Supportive
Friends
Very
Close
Child
Children
Two
So often, when somebody dies in the family, whether a child or a parent, there is no one to lean on. When something like that happens, you go into a shell, but on the other hand, it's a really good thing to talk it over and say how you feel.
Mary Berry
Good
Family
You
Somebody
Other
Say
Parent
Something
Good Thing
No-One
Feel
Over
Like
Lean
Talk
Shell
How
Go
Hand
Child
Dies
Often
Happens
Whether
Really
Thing
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