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Opinion divided as Nigella drops ‘slut’ from dessert title

‘I feel that the word has taken on a coarser, more cruel connotation’, said the top Jewish chef

August 26, 2021 11:28
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MIAMI BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 28: Chef Nigella Lawson attends a Brunch Hosted By Nigella Lawson during 2016 Food Network & Cooking Channel South Beach Wine & Food Festival Presented By FOOD & WINE at Casa Tua on February 28, 2016 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for SOBEWFF®)
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If you were hoping to get stuck into Nigella’s luscious dessert Slut Red Raspberries in Chardonnay Jelly this weekend, you may have to settle for the PG version. 

The Jewish chef, 61, whose recipe for wine-soaked raspberries set in jelly appeared in her 2002 cookbook Nigella Summer, has tweaked the title to exclude the derogatory word. 

Online users were quick to point out the name change after she posted the recipe on social media on Sunday. 

“I feel that the word has taken on a coarser, more cruel connotation, and I’m not happy with that,” she wrote on Twitter.