1549 quotes by south african authors for you to enjoy

I was asked if I would do 'Dancing On Ice.' I thought it'd be the perfect way to get fit, lose a lot of weight and learn a new skill. I was actually quite excited, but my team said, 'Absolutely not.' They told me I was far too old and if I fell over I would break something - and then I thought they were probably right. Prue Leith

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The obesity problem among children is very serious. When advertising budgets are big and business can corrupt the way we live so that it becomes the norm to snack all day - and if you are never hungry you are never going to feel like eating a healthy meal - that can't be right. Prue Leith

Day You Business Problem Big Healthy Meal Live Way All Day Hungry Corrupt Obesity Eating Never Feel Like Budgets Advertising Becomes Snack Norm Very Going Children Serious Among Right

It was hugely helpful to me, being South African. I have never felt uncomfortable in posh society because I don't see what it is that I'm meant to be bowing the knee about. Prue Leith

Me Society See About Uncomfortable Never Knee Bowing Because Felt South South African Hugely African Being Meant Meant To Be Helpful Posh

Aged six, I sailed from South Africa to England by steam ship with my family. It was a three-week journey. I remember crying on my birthday when I didn't get the enormous teddy bear that was for sale in the ship's shop but, aside from that, I had a wonderful time. Prue Leith

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I think the BBC likes to have Mary Berry and me around to rebut the charge of ageism. Prue Leith

Me Think I Think Berry Charge Mary Likes Around Ageism

I probably eat yogurt more than anything else. Prue Leith

Else Eat More More Than Anything Than Yogurt Anything Anything Else

I've been an entrepreneur, a writer, a food correspondent. I might have been an architect - but I'm bad at maths. Prue Leith

Food Entrepreneur Bad Correspondent Architect Writer Been Maths Might

People often ask what my favourite food is, but the answer depends on what I last ate. I love sausages and mash. But if I'd already eaten them for lunch, then you asked me at tea-time, I'd probably answer 'crab salad.' Prue Leith

I opened Leith's in Notting Hill in 1969 and it eventually worked its way into being awarded a Michelin star. At the time, there were a few women running small bistros - but I was the first woman to have a ‘serious,' expensive restaurant. Prue Leith

If you eat good ingredients, and moderately, it should not be a problem. If you look at the bakers over the years, how many obese bakers have there been? There have been a few - nobody's saying you can't join 'Bake Off' if you're obese - but by and large bakers, just like cooks, are not particularly overweight. Prue Leith

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I came through the Sixties so I was perfectly aware of drug-taking but I came from South Africa and we were brought up in quite an old-fashioned way. If I went to a rave or a party, I'd be behind the barbecue flipping the burgers. I wasn't out there partying. Prue Leith

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In my 40s: I had two children young enough to think their parents wonderful, my business was booming, I was happily married and living in the Cotswolds with a veg garden and ponies in the paddock. Who could not be happy? Prue Leith

Business Be Happy Happy Garden Wonderful Parents Young Living Think Enough Booming Married Could Had Children Happily Who Two

Nothing beats that sloppy kiss of a six-month-old grandchild. Prue Leith

Kiss Nothing Sloppy Beats

Modern cookbooks are marketing tools for chefs. They're in the bestseller lists but no one cooks from them. Prue Leith

Tools Marketing Bestseller No-One Chefs Modern Lists Them Cookbooks Cooks

With contemporary writers, I often buy books and then realise I've bought them before. Prue Leith

Buy Before Books Writers Bought Contemporary Often Realise Them Then

For me the best food in the world is New British. It's quite classical cooking with really simple but good-quality ingredients. I also like top-end restaurants and pub grub done well. Prue Leith

Best Food Me Cooking World Simple Restaurants Classical New Like Also Well Done Quite Pub Ingredients Really British

Nobody should eat too much cake. Prue Leith

Cake Too Much Too Eat Nobody Much Should

People say I'm a celebrity chef, and I am on telly a lot but that's because I judge contests. Perhaps I'm more of a celebrity eater than a cook. Prue Leith

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Hua Hin is Thailand's royal beach resort and home to the king's summer palace. The local food is fantastic, the weather is beautiful, everything's cheap and the Thai people are so friendly and warm. Prue Leith

Beautiful Food Home People King Weather Resort Local Summer Everything Beach Cheap Friendly Thai Thailand Warm Fantastic Palace Royal

I couldn't live without my faithful companion, Megs the dog. Prue Leith

Dog Faithful Live Without Companion

The really nice thing about the town of Hua Hin - and Thailand generally - is that it's so safe. You can walk around the night market, for example, with complete confidence. Prue Leith

You Confidence Walk Example Nice Market Complete About Generally Town For Example Safe Around Thailand Really Nice Thing Thing Night

After opening my first restaurant in 1969, one of the regular customers suggested I write a cookbook, so I did. Then another. After my 12th one, I started to feel stale. Prue Leith

First Restaurant I Write Write Feel Opening Another Did After Stale Customers Then Regular Cookbook Started Suggested

With great difficulty, I persuaded my dentist to saw one of my teeth level with the others. He thought it might kill the tooth, but it didn't. I wanted it done because I was doing a lot of television with food and I saw myself eating with these horrible crooked teeth. Prue Leith

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