Win Notes From The Larder: A Kitchen Diary With Recipes Narrated By Nigel Slater Shared As Electronic Format

this just as much as Volume, Now to start Volume. Love his take on life and food, Books to go back to time and time again, Another lipsmacking, inspiring tome from Mr Slater,
His appeal is that he not a 'chef', . . rather a cook who is passionate about the foods and tastes that he discovers, He writes with such enthusiasm and sensory pleasure, . . the idea of cooking his food is in your mind before you even see the recipes, you just want to share in the wonder of the experience!
Alongside that, this is a beautiful book which aesthetically lures you in.
. evocative pictures and colours. Impossible to resist. Despite its glorious grandeur you still want to cook from it immediately, I've got a confession to make, I'm in love with Nigel Slater's cooking and his recipes and he could come to my home and be my kitchen slave forever.
Needless to say, despite ogling his dishes on the television, I bought his books, Well, I bought two: The Kitchen Diaries: A Year in the Kitchenand The Kitchen Diaries, Not only are they filled with great recipes but, importantly to me, the text in between the recipes is engagingly descriptive and effortlessly witty.


Nigel Slater is my kind of cook as his recipes are straightforward, easy to understand, and generally use ingredients that are either already in our cupboards, fridges and freezers, or readily available to most of us.
I suppose I fell in love with Nigel's cookery skills by watching his television programmes, He has such a relaxed way about him, such an ordinary way of speaking to the viewer, such a nononsense approach to cooking, that he convinced me absolutely that 'I can do that'.
Which actually remains to be seen, of course, His Kitchen Diaries books are like that, They are far more than just recipe books, They are, as they state, diaries, The narrative from the author, Nigel Slater, is almost poetic with descriptions of his garden, the plants, the weather, the shops that he frequents, the produce that he so loves.
You can sit and happily read these books as if they were simply delightful novels that paint vivid pictures with words.
They are treasures to be cherished, Really.

" April " Could there ever be the perfect day Maybe not, but today is as close as it gets, Bright sunshine and cool breeze, the scent of wallflowers and narcissus on the air a farmers' market with sorrel, young pigeons and good rhubarb, and an afternoon so hot and sunny you could fry eggs on the pavement.
I gave in and bought my first tomatoes too, a vine or two of the early Campari, . . "

As sometimes is the case with writers publishing a second book some years later, the recipes are not, in this case, a repetition of the first book with a few changes and really just ripping off the buyer.
The paper quality is very good in both books, as are the plentiful coloured photographs by Jonathan Lovekin of the dishes.
There is not, however, one photograph per recipe which might

disappoint some but this doesn't really matter to me as Nigel's instructions are so very clear and there are so many recipes to enjoy that I don't think it would have been feasible to have a photo for each one.
If I were to have one tiny complaint it is that the photographs have no caption so you have to match the recipe to the image, but the recipe is not far away and generally it is quite obvious at a glance.
Nigel Slater has divided his book up into months although not necessarily one recipe for each day of the month, and there is an index at the back too if you are looking for a recipe that uses a particular ingredient.
Thebook haspages and thebook haspages in all, With regard to thebook, I bought the paperback for the sake of economy and mybook is the hardback version which has a nice satin ribbon for keeping one's place in the book.
Both were at a great discount through Amazon, When I went to purchase them the olderbook, in the hardback version, was actually a lot more expensive than the hardback of thebook, but I don't mind buying paperback books, especially quality ones.
This is pure comfort reading,
I've been a fan of his writing since I read the first Kitchen Diaries, His writing is understated he never gushes, and even his rants are quiet, elegant and serene, His clear focus on the personal and the domestic gives his writing a timeless, even locationunspecific quality if you don't realise that he lives in inner London, and overlook his fondness for Asian flavourings, you'd probably think he lives in a manor house out in the English countryside.
Sort of SecretGardenish.

Some of his recipes puzzle me they are often very light eg supper may be a bowl of miso soup with leafy greens, with virtually no carbs or no suggestions of serving with carbs.
Perhaps that's just the way he eats, or perhaps it's a cultural difference between British "suppers" and Australian "dinners", who knows But it makes me wonder if other readers would find his recipes unhelpful for that reason.
Loved, loved, loved. Nigel Slater has such a wonderful way of talking about food, cooking, gardening, and life in general, Every time I sat down to read a few pages, I felt cozy and comforted, And that's on top of all the delicious recipes that I'll have to try, Slater's approach to food is simple when necessary, extravagant when wanted, but always delicious, Can't wait to go back and read the first volume of his kitchen diaries, After Volume I, I was concerned that this would be too same, Not a bit of it, other than the insistent voice of Nigel Slater but that's the attraction, As before see my review of Volume I, it's for reading, for cooking and for both, Nigel ist ein gottverdammtes Genie,
JAMIE OLIVER

Er kann schreiben, Er kann kochen StarKoch Nigel Slater hat noch nie ein schlechtes Buch gemacht, Auch dieses ist einfach gelungen, “
Gabriele Gugetzer, MARTHA STEWART LIVING

"Die Bücher des BBCKoches und ObserverKolumnisten sind KüchenLiteratur zum Schwärmen.
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KURIER A cookbook you can read like a novel I have been cooking along out of this gorgeouslywritten Nigel Slater tome for the pastmonths as part of I Heart Cooking Clubs.
If you need a clear and direct recipe or photos in your cookbook, you may not love this book as much as I do.
But, if you are like me and like to savor the writing in cookbooks like a novel and love to work with "sketches" of recipes, you will adore this book.
I keep it on my nightstand and open it up and just read, as well as cook from it, Set up by month to follow a year in the kitchen, it is a treasure trove of Nigel Slater's thoughts and wonderful food writing.


So far I made and loved: Needs, Must Pasta a simple and amazing fettuccine Alfredo: sitelink blogspot. com/ , Pasta with Creamy BasilCaper Sauce I keep making the sauce for pasta and fish and to top soup: sitelink blogspot. com/ , the intoxicating and addicting version of Bánh Mì aka 'Sour, Hot, Crisp, Soft, A Sandwich for the Senses': sitelink blogspot. com/ , a scrumptious lemon compound butter for fish: sitelink blogspot. com/ , and delightful Little Green Onion amp Ricotta Omelettes with Asian Dipping Sauce: sitelink blogspot. com/ and I loved them all,

Catching up on reviews today I love Nigel Slaters recipes, Another wonderful collection of recipes and wisdom from one of our finest food writers, Some lovely accessible supper dishes, A great way to seasonally eat for the year, One minor criticism is that by adding some more photos would have turned this book from being wonderful to a Masterpiece ! The problem with checking Nigel Slater cookbooks out from the library is that I need time to really digest them.
Though my natural inclination is to race through his books in a single sitting, I try to take them in small portions, a few pages or meals at a time, in order to maximize the pleasure of his writing, and the meals I imagine him eating, and the meals I imagine making as a result of my enjoyment of reading about them.


Alas, this time taking it slow has resulted in fines, That'll teach me to just buy the dang book next time, Another sheer pleasure from Slater, This series of diary could not be better in terms of book quality, Heavy paper, gorgeous photos, ribbon bookmarkers, pleasingly heavy to hold and a feast for the eyes, I don't know if I'll ever cook a Nigel Slater recipe, but,

I think maybe that's not quite the point of these books, Lovely and loved. I loved, loved, loved Slater's Kitchen Diaries, In fact, it is next to my sink where I look at it every few days to keep myself seasonally inclined for cooking.
And, of course, for inspiration,

When I saw that there was a second Kitchen Diary, it was at the perfect time, Just got another freelance job, So a little treat is in order, Right Well, that's how it works in MY checkbook!



This doesn't have the complete charm of the original, but is still quite good.
I'm reading along monthbymonth so it will take a year before I'm done,



Done! I stand by my statement above that it doesn't match the first Kitchen Diaries book.
However, it is quite good and I have aboutrecipes marked to try out, A good deal of the charm, of course, is in Slater's poetic, evocative writing which is enjoyable whether one wishes to actually cook from this book or not.


UPDATE
Stacked next to the bathroom sink as a bit of daily food reading before bed, Quite satisfying to reread this way and it serves the purpose of keeping me thinking seasonally, Love that. And Slater's "normal person" sensibilities, .