After "The Sunday Times", she embarked upon a freelance writing career, realising that "I was on the wrong ladder. I didn't want to be an executive, being paid to worry rather than think". In the United Kingdom, she wrote for "The Daily Telegraph", the "Evening Standard", "The Observer" and "The Times Literary Supplement", and penned a food column for "Vogue" and a makeup column for "The Times Magazine", as well as working with "Gourmet" and "Bon Appétit" in the United States. In 1995 Lawson left a two-week stint at Talk Radio early after making a statement that her shopping was done for her, apparently due to its incompatibility with the radio station's desired "common touch".