▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁president ial ▁Christmas ▁dinner . ▁Law son ' s ▁fifth ▁book , ▁Fe ast : ▁Food ▁that ▁C ele br ates ▁Life , ▁released ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁made ▁sales ▁worth ▁£ 3   mill ion . ▁London ' s ▁Even ing ▁Standard ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁book ▁" works ▁both ▁as ▁a ▁practical ▁manual ▁and ▁an ▁eng ross ing ▁read . ▁... ▁Nob ody ▁else ▁writes ▁so ▁open ly ▁about ▁the ▁emot ional ▁significance ▁of ▁food ." ▁Law son ▁appeared ▁frequently ▁on ▁American ▁television ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁conduct ing ▁cook ery ▁sl ots ▁on ▁talk ▁shows ▁such ▁as ▁The ▁Ellen ▁De Gener es ▁Show . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁UK ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁Law son ▁started ▁to ▁host ▁a ▁day time ▁television ▁chat ▁show ▁on ▁I TV 1 ▁called ▁N ig ella , ▁on ▁which ▁celebr ity ▁guests ▁joined ▁her ▁in ▁a ▁studio ▁kitchen . ▁The ▁first ▁episode ▁deb uted ▁with ▁a ▁disappoint ing ▁ 8 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁view ers . ▁The ▁show ▁was ▁met ▁with ▁a ▁largely ▁negative ▁critical ▁reaction , ▁and ▁after ▁losing ▁ 4 0 % ▁of ▁its ▁view ers ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁week , ▁the ▁show ▁was ▁cancel led . ▁She ▁later ▁commented ▁to ▁Radio ▁Times ▁that ▁on ▁her ▁first ▁show , ▁she ▁was ▁almost ▁too ▁fright ened ▁to ▁come ▁out ▁of ▁her ▁dress ing ▁room . ▁Law son ▁added ▁that ▁having ▁to ▁pret end ▁to ▁be ▁interested ▁in ▁the