Oh, to eat at Nigel Slater’s table. That’s what I think (wistfully), and what I imagine any sane person would think, on leafing through the food writer’s new book Tender. Published to coincide with the TV series Simple Suppers, I received a copy for my birthday last month (thanks, Hil!), and have been dreaming of its contents ever since. Read more…
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Jamie at Home: Cook Your Way to the Good Life
By Jamie Oliver, Published by Hyperion, 2007
I’ve been looking forward to reviewing Jamie at Home since I bought it with a Chapters gift card (one of the best Christmas presents you can get, in my opinion) in January. Perhaps surprisingly for a book-loving foodie living in the UK, this is the first Jamie Oliver book I’ve ever owned. Of course, I love his shows, regularly cook meals from his site, and even pick up his magazine on occasion, but I’d never had a cookbook of his before. After enjoying the tv series that ties in with this title over the autumn of 2008, I knew that had to change. Read more…
