Nigel Slater
Nigel Slater, one of Britain's most highly regarded food writers, and his collection of much-loved cookery books are noted for their straight forward, earthy and appealing recipes, and personalised style of writing.
Nigel's first book Real Fast Food was published in 1992 and was shortlisted for the Andre Simon Award. He followed this with The 30 Minute Cook, shortlisted for both the Glenfiddich and Julia Child Awards; Real Good Food; Real Cooking, shortlisted for a Glenfiddich Award; Appetite, winner of the Andre Simon Award for Cookbook of the Year; and his most recent work The Kitchen Diaries.
In 1998, Nigel filmed his first TV series for Channel 4, Real Food. This was awarded the 1999 Glenfiddich Award for Best Visual Work.
Nigel also writes an award-winning weekly column in The Observer. Other accolades include: Cookery Writer of the Year Award, Media Personality of the Year, and the Glenfiddich Trophy. His autobiography, Toast- the story of a boy's hunger won 6 major awards including the British Biography of the Year, Observer Food Monthly Book of the Year, Glenfiddich Food Book of the Year, and the Andre Simon Award 2004.
Books
Tender: v. 2: A Cook's Guide to the Fruit Garden
Tender: v. 1: A Cook and His Vegetable Patch
The Kitchen Diaries: A Year in the Kitchen
Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger
Appetite: So What Do You Want to Eat Today?
Nigel Slater's Real Food
Real Good Food: The Essential Nigel Slater
Real Cooking
The 30-minute Cook
Real Fast Food
Nigel Slater's Recipes
For a crumble with a difference, make good use of seasonal fruit and bake Nigel Slater's scrumptious pudding
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1 hr 10 min
Nigel Slater's splendidly decadent mixture of hot, crisp pastry, boozy mincemeat and cold vanilla ice is an all-round winner
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45 min
Lightly crisp on top and with a good, open texture, Nigel Slater's ginger cake is light, moist and delicately gingery.
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1 hr
For a fluffy mash, rich with butter, this recipe by Nigel Slater is the one for you
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40 min
Too good to leave to the kids, Nigel Slater's cornflake cakes are a real treat
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15 min
Nigel Slater's delicious Christmas pudding has the seedy crunch of figs, a sparkle from hand-cut peel and a slight tartness from the apricots and orange zest
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3 hrs 55 min
In Nigel Slater's simple recipe, the pure, clean, fresh taste of steamed pok choi, choy sum, or mustard greens, is tastyly dressed with a slather of oyster sauce
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15 min
Make Nigel Slater's delicious Thai chicken curry, packed with fresh and flavoursome green herbs and perky chillies
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55 min
This clean-tasting herby broth by Nigel Slater has plenty of aromatic flavours - ideal as a winter warming treat
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40 min
Sink your spoon into deep, billowing layers of cream, sponge and lemon or orange curd in this luxuriously easy trifle from Nigel Slater
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35 min
