nigel slater Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Nigel Slater is a food writer. A cook who writes. The Twitter home of Nigel’s Observer Magazine column, posted weekly. Books: Toast, The Kitchen Diaries, Christmas Chronicles, A Cook’s Book.

Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder
Asako Yuzuki
At every opportunity I pick it up and devour more of this extraordinary story. Delicious food, my favourite city AND a serial killer. Honestly, I couldn’t ask for more.
Hardcover, 2024
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise
Olivia Laing
A wonderful book, the story of discovering and restoring a sleeping garden, ‘an overgrown Eden’ but with fascinating and deeply thoughtful excursions along the way.
Hardcover, 2024
$27.99$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Roast Figs, Sugar Snow: Food to Warm the Soul
Diana Henry
Congratulations to @dianahenryfood on the publication of the new edition of her wonderful book Roast Figs, Sugar Snow. It was an absolute honour to be asked to write the foreword to this new, expanded edition of one of my all-time favourite cookbooks.
Hardcover, 2023
$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature
Sue Stuart-Smith
Healing stories from the kitchen and garden. Three books I’ve read and re-read over the last few weeks. The Well Gardened Mind by @suestuartsmith A Half Baked Idea by @_Poots_ and Midnight Chicken from @missellabell. https://t.co/7UWe3w2cSM
Paperback, 2021
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book