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A Cook’s Book Hardback

A Cook’s Book

Nigel Slater

A Cook’s Book is the story of Nigel Slater’s 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. He writes about how his cooking has changed from discovering the trick to whipping cream perfectly, to the best way to roast a chicken. He gives the tales behind the recipes and recalls the first time he ate a baguette in Paris and his first 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: the solace of soup, everyday dinners, a feast of green and a slice of tart. Then there are, of course, the ultimate puddings and cakes with sections on the silence of cheesecake and biscuits, friands and the brownie. This is Nigel Slater at his finest.

Reviews of A Cook’s Book

    • Praise for Nigel Slater:
    • ‘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

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