Nigella cooks Latin-influenced food the express way. Recipes include a standby sweetcorn chowder topped with toasted tortilla chips for a late-night treat, a quesadilla, and a dinner of 'Roqualmole' (Roquefort and guacamole) dip served with a cool cured fish ceviche, and margarita ice cream.

Nigella conjures up dazzling Italian dishes, from sensational pasta to an entire effortless feast. There's pasta pronto, linguine with a sensational raw sauce of lemon, garlic and thyme mushrooms; a steaming bowl of chicken cacciatore; Calabrian lamb cutlets in a spicy marinade followed by clouds of softly whipped amaretto syllabub; and marsala honey pears with gorgonzola. Plus Nigella reveals the secrets of her drinks cabinet.