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" Family life is fragmenting in this modern age, but it's up to all of us to keep it together. "

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" I think baking is very rewarding, and if you follow a good recipe, you will get success. "

" I usually wear only a bit of pink lippy, but for TV, they add a few extra lashes to brighten my eyes and some colour to my face, as without it, I look pale and uninteresting. "

" When I was paralysed by polio at 13, I went into an isolation hospital and couldn't sit up, so I only took liquid food from spouted cups which the masked nurses would bring in and feed to me. I saw my parents only through glass; we couldn't touch. "

" Many people think children must have chips. I don't think any household should have a deep fat fryer. "

" While we're filming 'Bake Off,' I can get really cold, so I'm often holding a hot-water bottle or layered up under an anorak and a warm hat. "

" I mainly cook British food with a few things I've had on my holidays. I went to the Canary Islands a few years ago, and we had all sorts of different mushrooms on brioche with pancetta on top, and it was delicious. I had it most days for lunch, so I thought, 'I'll do that when I get back,' and now it's in my cookbook, an absolute favourite. "

" When I thought I couldn't write recipes, my boss at the time advised, 'Write as you talk.' "

" Reluctant as I am to regard myself as a style icon, I would love to think I could inspire older women to make the most of themselves. "

" When I started, you had cochineal food colouring that would turn things pink, but you could never make it red. Now, red is no problem - and if you look at supermarket bakery sections since 'Bake Off' began, you can get everything. "

" My son is a tree surgeon and gets me a lovely tree. I like to put it up early, as I can't wait for Christmas. We dress it with decorations that have been in the family for years. "

" 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. "

" To be able to walk out the door when you come home from a job and wander into the garden to do a bit of watering gives you time to be creative in your mind. "

" I love a good madeira cake. Nice and simple. The most important thing is that a cake is moist. Most people overcook cakes, which dries them out. "

" Oh, I'd never put my elbows on the table. "

" I'm immensely proud to have been made a CBE, but I don't ever use the letters after my name unless someone has included them in correspondence. "

" I don't like tattoos because tattoos are forever. "

" I think to eat cake is very good for us, but it's the size of the slice and how often you have it. "

" 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. "

" One of my first jobs was as a recipe tester for a PR agency. One week, the editor of 'Housewife' magazine called my boss and asked me to write a column - the cookery editor had gone away on a press trip. I was terrified. "

" I hate Gordon Ramsay's programmes: I don't know if he's been told it makes good television. "

" All my grandchildren bake. On a Saturday, Annabel's boys, Louis and Toby, always bake. Louis makes a chocolate cake, Toby makes banana or lemon drizzle. They're 12 and 10, and they can do it totally on their own. My son's twin girls, Abby and Grace, are 14; they make birthday cakes and like to do it on their own with Mum out of the way. "

" 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. "

" The very best hotel I've stayed in is the Intercontinental on Park Lane. We went there for the Chelsea Flower Show a few years ago, and it was sheer luxury. Everybody had a smile on their face. I came home and changed all my pillows because the hotel ones were so beautiful. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If you are buying a larger turkey than usual, make sure it will fit in the oven. "

" 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. "

" At my dinner parties, I like to serve cheese after the main course because you still have red wine in the glass, and it goes very well with the cheese. And that is what they do in France, and I think they set a good example. "

" I make myself eat one piece of toast for breakfast. When I'm doing 'Bake Off,' I eat soup for lunch. I know what puts on weight for me; it's just over-indulgence. "

" 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. "