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Nigel Slater
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Pages: 592 (Hardcover)
ISBN: 0007248490
Pub: Fourth Estate
Pub date: 2009-09-17
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 275
Reader Reviews:
Beautiful in all respects (0/0 people found this helpful)
I love this book. I grow my own and also get an occasional organic veg box delivered so it is great to be able to look up the chapter on, say, beetroot and read not just about the best varieties to grow but what to do with it in the kitchen. Like another reviewer this book flits between kitchen and beside table as it's so readable. Nigel has a delightful writing style, honest and gentle with some lovely humour. Fantastic.
A Great Book! (0/0 people found this helpful)
I adore this book - a great read as well as a joy to cook from. I do have one criticism though, and that is the index - for such a big book it just is not thorough enough - (see Sarah Raven's brilliant & highly recommended 'Garden Cookbook' to see how a large recipe collection should be indexed). However, I still give this book five stars because I love it!
Tender (0/0 people found this helpful)
This is an excellent book. It's not a recipe book it's a good read. I like Nigel Slaters style.
Gorgeous photos, gorgeous prose (1/1 people found this helpful)
Nigel Slater strikes again, this time with probably his most beautiful cookery book. The photographs are simply stunning, and on soft, matte paper that looks like linen. He begins with a history of his own small garden, showing the average homeowner how they can do this with some creativity in little space. Opinionated, passionate about vegetables, and deeply informed, Slater makes one want to grow and eat more things that are good for us. The prose as ever is intelligent and beautiful, and the recipes are lush and mouth-watering. I dare you to pick up this book and not want to start prowling your local market's produce section immediately.
Thank you Mr. Slater! The nanosecond vol. 2 comes out, I'm there.
Kitchen Diaries (3/4 people found this helpful)
No question, Nigel Slater is the best cookery writer of this century (so far) Nobody on either side of Atlantic can hold a candle to him --- at his best. Can't say the same about his television appearances, but that's a different discussion.
My husband bought me this fetching book from Waitrose, while we were house hunting in Devon. It is a handsome, ambitious, thoughtfully produced book, but something is missing from Slater's sumptuous food writing. I was left with the impression he was on a tight deadline with this one. As a result, the joyfulness and playfulness so abundant in Kitchen Diaries, is absent here.
I am of the opinion that cookery writers have one truly worthwhile book in them. It is usually the first book. Given a choice, choose Slater's Kitchen Diaries, if you want to read him and channel his cooking at his best.
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