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Ripe: A Cook in the Orchard
by
Nigel Slater
Britain’s foremost food writer Nigel Slater returns to the garden in this sequel to Tender, his acclaimed and beloved volume on vegetables. With a focus on fruit, Ripe is equal parts cookbook, primer on produce and gardening, and affectionate ode to the inspiration behind the book--Slater’s forty-foot backyard garden in London.
Intimate, delicate prose is interwoven with...more
Intimate, delicate prose is interwoven with...more
Hardcover, 600 pages
Published
April 10th 2012
by Ten Speed Press
(first published 2010)
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If the book just was published can I still call it a classic?
If I just got it, can I really know it is 5 stars?
Let's just say that I have every confidence in Nigel Slater's Ripe being just as fantastic as Tender (his vegetable garden and cookery book) was last year.
It has the same gorgeous photography in a stunningly produced book. It has Nigel Slater's same quirky honesty. The only difference here is that the focus is on fruit.
As I'm at the beginning, I can't say much more. Except to confide t...more
If I just got it, can I really know it is 5 stars?
Let's just say that I have every confidence in Nigel Slater's Ripe being just as fantastic as Tender (his vegetable garden and cookery book) was last year.
It has the same gorgeous photography in a stunningly produced book. It has Nigel Slater's same quirky honesty. The only difference here is that the focus is on fruit.
As I'm at the beginning, I can't say much more. Except to confide t...more
Beautiful, quiet and thoughtful book. The recipes for the most part are very simple, but what is amazing are the diversity of these recipes. Lots of inspiration, fun to read, and accessible for all levels of cooks.
Nigel Slater not only has a way with food, but a special way of writing about it. This book is more than a collection of a chef's delectable, seasonal recipes; it is a tome that tells a beautifully evocative story of a man's relationship with the nature. Caring for his garden connects the author to his childhood while also tying him to the ritualistic nature of tending to the earth. Nigel's affection for cooking and eating good food inspires a feeling akin to reverence in the reader: eating is n...more
beautifully put together with photographs; informative and interesting; hits both more common and less common fruits; loved reading it cover to cover, bu not sure how much I would actually cook from it
Yummy! So many good recipes in here. So many good ideas to try. This is on my use all the time cookbook shelf(US title is "Ripe"). And it's just fun to pick up and read. Gorgeous pictures as well.
A lovely cookbook. Because of the content and layout, I really want the first one of this pair.
Nigel has made me very excited for the allotment my family is getting, which is going to be turned into a mini orchard/fruit garden. His writing is food porn at its finest (/most hardcore?!) and most of the recipes are great- a few less so, such as the lamb and quince stew which had a sauce of only water and a little honey, and try as we might it tasted of nothing more than slightly sweetened water! However that was just one recipe, and it's the baking that really makes this book special- a goos...more
My only "gripe" is that it's a very British-centric book, so some if the fruits are not common in my area. Really, it's more jealousy than gripe. A beautiful book I hope to own soon.
Utterly beautiful book; the photographs are sumptuous. Worth reading for the apple and walnut chapters alone. I think this one is up there with The Kitchen Diaries. It's almost a work of art.
Beautifully photographed with wonderful, delicious text and intriguing recipes! An absolute must for the author's fans and those with (or thinking of starting) a fruit section in their garden.
Apr 23, 2013
Jennifer
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Apr 23, 2013
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Nigel Slater is a British food writer, journalist and broadcaster. He has written a column for The Observer Magazine for seventeen years and is the principal writer for the Observer Food Monthly supplement. Prior to this, Slater was food writer for Marie Claire for five years. He also serves as art director for his books.
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