I get so excited when I know I'm going to a good restaurant, then, when I do the review, I write myself up into such a frenzy that I have to go out and eat all over again.

Some critics think the way I write is somehow disrespectful to food. But how can you write a restaurant column without being entertaining? You might as well no…

My dad was undeniably famous when I was a kid - he was on Wogan and Clive James and the radio every week, but as far as I was concerned he wasn't famous enough…

I wanted to be a great literary novelist so that people would eventually talk about Alan Coren the scribbler and father of the great Giles.

The thing I liked about writing about food when I started it was that I felt I was writing about food in a different way. Not like a food writer.

I'm frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me. That white round thing without any holes : have you ever seen anything more revolting than an eg…

I didn't squawk about the steak, dear. I merely said I didn't see that old horse that used to be tethered outside here.