The Kitchen Diaries - Nigel Slater

One of the many problems I have with supermarkets is that they try to persuade me that any fresh fruit and vegetable I want is available all year round. I can eat fresh raspberries in January, green beans in February, leeks in June, asparagus in October and strawberries for Christmas dinner. The problem is that they'll have been flown half way round the world and taste of little more than wasted money. What I needed was a book to flag up when food ...
...written a food column in The Observer. I've read him slavishly and he's had more influence on the way I buy and prepare food than anyone else. I think I've read just about everything he's written and when I thought of a book I needed he wrote "The Kitchen Diaries". For a year he recorded his food shopping expeditions and the food he cooked and ate. He goes out to shop for food most days and frequents farmers' markets, health food shops, the local ...

SueMagee 25.10.2005 (05.11.2005) · Read full review
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...of Nigel's cooking. I have the hardback version (paperback out this month), and it certainly looks classy. The spine has a black fabric wrap, with a ribbon and head and tail bands, with 'Nigel Slater' and 'the kitchen diaries' embossed in silver on the black. On the front there is a picture of apples which is so simple and yet somehow enticing. On the back is a sample entry from the journal. The endpapers (those pages between the cover and the text) ...
...a title page which lists the main dishes that are featured for that month. To get an idea of the range of dishes he shares with us, here is what is listed for January: Dal and pumpkin soup A salad of fennel, winter leaves and Parmesan. Stew A frosted marmalade cake Frozen yoghurt with roast rhubarb Double ginger cake Onion soup without tears Cheese-smothered potatoes A velvety soup for a clear, cold day Bulghur wheat with aubergines and ...

GK1976 27.02.2007 (13.04.2007) · Read full review
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...diary. A year in the life of Nigel Slater and virtually everything he ate ... He has a way of writing (much like his television programmes) which is infectious and certainly makes you want to get involved and dive down the local shops and get the best ingredients and then cook something incredible. I was a bit disappointed that there weren't more pictures - although when they are there they do seem to make my mouth water. All in all, I was happy ...

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