The Christmas Chronicles: Notes, stories & 100 essential recipes for midwinter

Description

From the best-selling author of Eat, The Kitchen Diaries and Toast comes a new book featuring everything you need for the winter solstice. Written as a diary, and starting in September, this is the story of Nigel Slater's love for winter, its fables and its family feasts. Here are legends and folktales, myths and memoir, all told in Nigel's warm and intimate signature style. Nigel Slater's new book will have everything you need to prepare for and survive midwinter, from a rundown of Europe's Christmas markets and which books to read and films to watch, to where to go for a winter break and what candles to buy. And at the heart of the book are Nigel's recipes, from quick fireside suppers to winter baking and marmalade making.

Nigel Slater is one of Britain's most highly regarded food writers. His beautifully written prose, warm personality and unpretentious, easy-to-follow recipes have won him a huge following. He writes an award winning weekly column in the 'Observer' and edits their 'Food Monthly' supplement, and he is a regular contributor to Sainsbury's 'The Magazine'.

'A dream of a book. Slater ... has produced such a hymn to winter that we'll all be able to cope with it this year' Diana Henry, Telegraph 'Congratulations Nigel! The Christmas Chronicles is a magical, cosy hug of a book' Nigella Lawson 'I'm very, very, very excited about this book' Ruby Tandoh 'Nigel is a bloody genius' Jamie Oliver 'The greatest cookery writer of them all' Guardian 'The best food writers combine beauty with practicality, and no one does it more elegantly than Nigel Slater' Jane Shilling, Daily Mail - BOOKS OF THE YEAR '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