The Kitchen Diaries

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Kitchen Diaries
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Nigel Slater
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:400
Dimensions(mm): Height 246,Width 176
Category/GenreGeneral cookery and recipes
ISBN/Barcode 9780007199488
ClassificationsDewey:641.5
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint Fourth Estate Ltd
Publication Date 27 September 2005
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Following the success of Real Food and Appetite, this is the tenth book from Nigel Slater, the award-winning food writer and author of the bestselling autobiography, Toast. "The food in The Kitchen Diaries is simply what I eat at home. The stuff I make for myself, for friends and family, for visitors and for parties, for Sunday lunch and for snacks. These are meals I make when I stop work, or when I am having mates over or when I want to surprise, seduce or show off. This is what I cook when I'm feeling energetic, lazy, hungry or late. It is what I eat when I'm not phoning out for pizza or going for a curry. This is the food that makes up my life, both the Monday to Friday stuff and that for weekends and special occasions. "Much of it is what you might call fast food, because I still believe that life is too short to spend all day at the stove, but some of it is unapologetically long, slow cooking. But without exception every single recipe in this book is a doddle to cook. A walk in the park. A piece of p---. "Fast food, slow food, big eats, little eats, quick pasta suppers, family roasts and even Christmas lunch. It is simply my stuff, what I cook and eat, every day. Nigel's food - for you."

Author Biography

Nigel Slater is Britain's top food writer. His hugely popular columns and books have won him an enormous following for his direct, up-to-the-minute and delicious approach to food. As well as his award-winning food writing, his autobiography, Toast, was a bestseller and won four major awards. Nigel is editor of Observer Food Monthly and has a regular column in The Sainsbury's Magazine.

Reviews

'Nigel is a bloody genius.' Jamie Oliver 'The greatest cookery writer of them all.' Guardian 'The pick of the bunch ! bubbling with ideas, suggestions, hints and personal opinions that genuinely help you to make your own mind up about how and what to cook.' The Times 'He's a genius.' Matthew Fort, Guardian 'Slater remains the reigning champion, a writer incapable of uninspiring sentences.' Daily Express 'No one writes more temptingly about food.' Independent 'My kitchen god' Red