A Cooks Book

(Hardback)

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If you were to only have one Slater cookbook in your life, this is it OFM, Books of the Year

He is king among food writers Nigella Lawson

Slaters best book Diana Henry, Sunday Telegraph

A Cooks Book is the story of Nigel Slaters life in the kitchen.
From the first jam tart Nigel made with his mum standing on a chair trying to reach the Aga, through to what he is cooking now, this is the ultimate Nigel Slater collection brimming with over 200 recipes.

Hewrites about how his cooking has changed from discovering the best way to roast a chicken to the trick to smoky, smooth aubergine mash. He gives the tales behind the recipes and recalls the first time he ate a baguette in Paris, his love of jewel-bright Japanese pickled radishes and his initial slice of buttercream-topped chocolate cake. These are the favourite recipes Nigel Slater cooks at home every day; the heart and soul of his cooking. Chapters include: a slice of tart, a chicken in the pot, everyday greens, the solace of soup and the ritual of tea. This is the essential Nigel Slater.

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A Cooks Book, all 500 pages and nearly one and a half kilos of it, enters the world as if from the kitchen of someone fresh to the world of food writing, a-brim with ideas, vital and enthusiastic . . . He is king among food writers . . . There is not a cook or a reader in the land who wouldnt gratefully hug this new volume of his to their chest Nigella Lawson

A magnificent volume of comfort. After all these years, no one describes the simple sensuous pleasures of food better than Slater Bee Wilson

This is a book for life . . . This, and its high praise, is Slaters best book Diana Henry, Sunday Telegraph

Its so good. I think its his best one, and I say that because every single recipe is something youd make tonight, for supper, with no fuss or stress . . . Its super-homey and a friendly, comfortable book for people who dont view recipes as projects. Divinely written, as per India Knight, Sunday Times

I've got five Nigel Slaters and in all honesty I don't need a single new recipe in my life . . . But that's absolutely nothing to do with it. Cookery books are like new clothes you imagine a whole life to go with them Alexandra Schulman, Daily Mail

It is beautiful Grace Dent

This beautiful book has all youll ever need Graham Norton, Virgin Radio

Every time Nigel Slater announces a new book, I quickly make a spot next to all his other books that sit on my bookshelf. His latest book, A Cooks Book is like your favourite chocolate cake, sweetened with fond memories and layered with Nigels wisdom to make us all better cooks in the kitchen Nik Sharma

Its gorgeous Felicity Spector

Its beautifully designed, spilling over with tempting ideas Express Books of the Year

The beauty of his prose is matched to the warmth of his recipes Tom Parker-Bowles, Daily Mail

Author Bio

Nigel Slater is one of Britains 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 Sainsburys The Magazine.