Evangeline Lilly in Cleo Hollywood, The Redbury Hotel, Hollywood, Los Angeles. 
Photograph: Barry J Holmes

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Evangeline Lilly: I’ll drop food on the floor and pick it up and eat it

The Lost actor reveals a soft spot for strong alcohol, organic food and the carpeted kitchens of her childhood

Sunday 15 February 2015

John Hind

One day I was waiting for a meeting at the Four Seasons [in Beverly Hills] and I noticed these beautiful ornate bottles in the mirrored cabinet behind the bar. I had my own Alice In Wonderland moment and asked, “What are they?” and the barman let me smell the special grappa in each. Now I have my own bottle kept there. It’s wonderfully potent – I love strong alcohol – but it’s something I can enjoy in a delicate little glass in the midday, when no professional wants to be seen pounding back alcohol. It gives me a lovely warm fuzzy feeling but looks classy and no one bats an eyelid.

Tracey Emin at St John Bread and Wine, Spitalfields, London. Photograph: Harry Borden

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Tracey Emin: 'I was on 100 oysters a week'

The artists tells of her food fantasies and raiding the fridge as a child

John Hind

Sunday 18 April 2010

Sleeping under a dinner table is safe and snug. I picked it up as a child. As a young artist, at a big dinner, sometimes I'd get so tired I'd think, "If I just snooze for half an hour I'll be fine", and I'd slide underneath. More recently I don't, because my absence would be too noticeable.