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Nigel Slater

Nigel Slater’s books have been published by Fourth Estate since ‘Real Food’ in 1998. You can find links to all Nigel Slater’s books on this page along with videos and ideas for some simple suppers.

Nigel Slater is the much loved presenter of the BBC series Simple Suppers and Simple Cooking, the multi-award winning author of numerous cookery books and a weekly Observer column.

The latest series of Simple Suppers, first aired in autumn 2010, attracted over 3.7 million viewers for its first episode. Simple Cooking begins on BBC1 at 7.30pm on the 23rd September 2011 for 8 weeks.

One of Britain’s most highly regarded food writers, Nigel Slater’s weekly column in the Observer, which is syndicated internationally, has won a Glenfiddich Award.

 

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THE KITCHEN DIARIES II

Includes over 250 recipes, many from his BBC TV series Dish of the Day, Simple Suppers and Simple Cooking. From Nigel Slater, presenter of Dish of the Day and one of our best-loved food writers, a beautiful and inspiring companion volume to his bestselling Kitchen Diaries.

Publication date: UK 13th Sep 2012

TENDER: Volume I, A cook and his vegetable patch

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With over 400 recipe ideas and many wonderful stories from the cook’s garden, Tender: Volume I – A cook and his vegetable patch, is the definitive guide to cooking with vegetables from Britain’s finest food writer.

Publication date: UK 5th Apr 2012

EATING FOR ENGLAND: The Delights and Eccentricities of the British at Table [ePub edition]

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Like Nigel Slater’s multi-award-winning food memoir ‘Toast’, this is a celebration of the glory, humour, eccentricities and embarrassments that are the British at Table.

Publication date: UK 20th Feb 2012

TENDER [Signed edition]

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Both volumes of Nigel Slater’s beautiful Tender, available together for the very first time in this collectable boxed edition.

Publication date: UK 29th Sep 2011

TENDER

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Both volumes of Nigel Slater’s Tender, available together for the first time in this collectable boxed edition.

Publication date: UK 29th Sep 2011

TOAST: The Story of a Boy's Hunger [ePub edition]

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‘My mother is scraping a piece of burned toast out of the kitchen window, a crease of annoyance across her forehead. This is not an occasional occurrence. My mother burns the toast as surely as the sun rises each morning.’

Publication date: UK 23rd Dec 2010

TOAST: The Story of a Boy's Hunger [Film tie-in edition]

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To coincide with the release of a major film adaptation, a new edition of Nigel Slater’s much-loved and acclaimed memoir.

Publication date: UK 28th Oct 2010

TENDER: Volume II, A cook’s guide to the fruit garden

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With over 300 recipe ideas and many wonderful stories from the fruit garden, Tender: Volume II – A cook’s guide to the fruit garden is the definitive guide to cooking with fruit from the presenter of BBC One’s Simple Cooking.

Publication date: UK 16th Sep 2010

APPETITE: So What Do You Want to Eat Today?

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Bestselling cookery writer Nigel Slater’s mantra is ‘recipes don’t rule’. ‘Appetite’ is the revolutionary book that will help all cooks to have fun making anything from a baked potato to Christmas dinner.

Publication date: UK 17th Sep 2009

REAL FOOD

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‘Real Food’ is Nigel Slater's ground-breaking classic, a much-loved introduction to his inimitable easy style. Reissued alongside his forthcoming memoir, its focus is on the food that Nigel is passionate about, and these recipes are inspiring and accessible, ideal for the home cook.

Publication date: UK 17th Sep 2009

TENDER: Volume I, A cook and his vegetable patch

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With over 400 recipe ideas and many wonderful stories from the cook’s garden, Tender: Volume I – A cook and his vegetable patch, is the definitive guide to cooking with vegetables from the presenter of BBC One’s Simple Cooking.

Publication date: UK 17th Sep 2009

EATING FOR ENGLAND: The Delights and Eccentricities of the British at Table

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Written in a style similar to that of Nigel Slater’s multi-award-winning food memoir ‘Toast’, this is a celebration of the glory, humour, eccentricities and embarrassments that are the British at Table.

Publication date: UK 2nd Jun 2008

EATING FOR ENGLAND: The Delights and Eccentricities of the British at Table

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Written in a style similar to that of Nigel Slater’s multi-award-winning food memoir ‘Toast’, this is a celebration of the glory, humour, eccentricities and embarrassments that are The British at Table.

Publication date: UK 1st Oct 2007

THE KITCHEN DIARIES

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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’.

Publication date: UK 2nd Apr 2007

TOAST: The Story of a Boy's Hunger

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The Sunday Times Bestseller, and the biggest memoir of the year, from Britain’s best loved food writer.

Publication date: UK 16th Jan 2007

THIRST

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Bestselling food writer Nigel Slater turns his trademark enthusiasm for the pleasures of eating to the pleasures of drinking fresh juices. Packed full of recipes and advice, he celebrates the pleasures to be gained from the ‘nectar of the gods.’

Publication date: UK 4th Sep 2006

THE KITCHEN DIARIES

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Classic cookery writing from the award-winning food writer and author of bestselling autobiography, ‘Toast’.

Publication date: UK 27th Sep 2005

TOAST: The Story of a Boy's Hunger

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‘My mother is scraping a piece of burned toast out of the kitchen window, a crease of annoyance across her forehead. This is not an occasional occurrence. My mother burns the toast as surely as the sun rises each morning.’

Publication date: UK 16th Apr 2004

REAL GOOD FOOD

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Publication date: UK 18th Sep 1995