15 JUNE 1985, Page 40

Nigella Lawson

Eating al fresco is not for everyone: it's my idea of hell sitting squinting into the sun with the wine warming and the mayonnaise going rancid in the heat. In summer, as far as I'm concerned, nothing could be pleasanter than a plate of something with a bottle of icy Castel in the noiselessly air-conditioned Caprice. It's cool.