Nigella Lawson Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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I read it compulsively... No one writes better about the everyday suffering of life with such wit, and a wit so far removed as it’s possible to imagine from jokiness; it’s a wit that lies in the delicate muscularity of her prose. What’s it about? Survival and fragility – and “life, just life”.

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And, though not #CookbookCorner day, I have to let you know about The Core of an Onion by Mark Kurlansky, an absolute gem of a book!

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I’m very happy to tell you that the star of this week’s #CookbookCorner is Rambutan: Recipes from Sri Lanka by Cynthia Shanmugalingam. Read all about this glorious book, and get her recipe for Seeni Sambol, Egg and Cheese Sandwich https://www.nigella.com/cookbook-corner/rambutan-by-cynthia-shanmugalingam https://t.co/X2VTjvm76l

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It is the liveliest and most interesting baking book I’ve come across for a long time. It just buzzes with exuberant creativity, and Abi Balingit seems to possess a positively kinetic sense of flavour, and a gift for compelling combinations, both culinary and cultural.

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I have had the most blissful long weekend of reading. Couldn’t ask for anything better.. brilliantly funny and a total joy. (He’s given us a great new cast, but there is one particular character, Rosie D’Antonio, who is just ultra-relishable!)

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I was riveted by @d_a_robson’s new book The Expectation Effect, which is not out till January, I’m afraid, but this brilliant interview by @sturdyAlex is available now, and I recommend you give it a listen. https://twitter.com/sturdyalex/status/1471032992428605440

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What a treat to come home and find a proof copy of the brilliant @taffyakner’s new book which, I’m afraid, I’ve already spilt coffee over!

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@ilkavanschalkwy There is a book called The American Diner Cookbook by Linda Everett, I see, but I can’t vouch for it as I don’t have it. But reviews seem good

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True to theme, the design is hyper-maximalist – but the recipes are just warmly inviting, do-able, and de-luscious!

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Alan Hollinghurst just can’t write a sentence that isn’t beautiful. Am still haunted by the atmospherically glimmering melancholy and elegant wit of Our Evenings, long after finishing it.