Singapore, April 16 -- British cookbook author and television chef Nigella Lawson (photo) may be known as a domestic goddess, with her sensual enjoyment of food that makes even boiling pasta look sexy.

However, the 61-year-old said she has learnt, over the course of the pandemic, to embrace being alone. "I've grown to love solitude, which was just as well since I've been plunged into it," she said in an interview in this week's People magazine.

Lawson, who lives alone, revealed that she now rarely puts on make-up and prefers to wear clothes she referred to as a "baggy black thing".

"I feel that you get to a certain age and your desire for comfort is so much greater than your vanity," said the prolific cookbook writer, whose latest off...