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Real Food. Nigel Slater

posted August 09, 2010 in haddock in the kitchen

There is something about Nigel Slater’s writing that has a drool quality about it: it is simple yet decadent, naughty but nice. In this offering, he centres his writings around a collection of key ingredients namely potatoes, chicken, sausages (read full article)

Tender. Nigel Slater.

posted August 09, 2010 in haddock in the kitchen

We have been urged since time immemorial never to judge a book by its cover. Not so in the case of this latest offering from Nigel Slater at Fourth Estate. It is a quite beautiful book with a slip off section in the dust jacket to reveal the stylis (read full article)

Orange Sorbet

posted August 03, 2010 in lisa is cooking

This dessert started with eggplant. That is, if it weren’t for the eggplant, I never would have made orange sorbet. I had a couple of varieties of eggplant to use, and I started craving a Thai eggplant curry. I knew I had seen an eggplant curry in (read full article)

Apple sauce & the secret of crackling

posted July 11, 2010 in No Love Sincerer...

The last couple of weeks I've been practising creating lovely, lovely crackling on different cuts of pork; last week was roast pork belly with coriander and fennel seasoning from my River Cottage Everyday cookbook and this week I had a go at a pork l (read full article)

Pasta with Sausage, Basil and Mustard

posted June 03, 2010 in Don\'t Forget the Food

  There are a million ways to make pasta.  It is one of my favorite staples to always have on hand. A box of pasta shells, some sausage, a little grainy mustard & white wine, and a little heavy cream and you've got your self&n (read full article)

The Great Pasty Adventure

posted April 07, 2010 in No Love Sincerer...

On Bank Holiday Monday, making Mini Egg Tiffin wasn't enough. No, I decided that I HAD to make Pasties. I got the idea in my head when browsing through Nigel Slater's Tender looking for something to do with swede. And when I get one of my schemes in (read full article)

Plum Crumble

posted March 28, 2010 in No Love Sincerer...

A short while ago in my post about Nigel Slater, I said that although I had a copy of his Real Fast Puddings, I had never made anything from it.Well, today I rectified this and made plum crumble. I got some plums in my fruit and veg box this week, an (read full article)

Spring Flavours, Rhubarb and Cilantro

posted March 24, 2010 in Food Meditations

Seasonal Cooking Spring flavours "Early spring in the kitchen is a time for finishing off the winter staples." Nigel Slater, cookery writer and evangelist of all things seasonal and edible, takes... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we (read full article)

Why I love Nigel Slater

posted March 12, 2010 in No Love Sincerer...

I love Nigel Slater because his passion for food is so sincere and so unpretentious. This really comes through in his writing and, on listening to a recent edition of Radio 4's Food Programme, I was shocked to learn that he a) writes while he is cook (read full article)

Lemon Curd to Flavor Homemade Yogurt

posted March 11, 2010 in Yogurt Everyday

Image via Wikipedia I love lemon flavored yogurt from the store, but I have not had much luck recreating it at home. None of the lemon yogurt recipes I’ve tried yield the same results.  They tend to be too thin or runny.  Also, adding lemon (read full article)

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