false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170904153m/77897.jpg 77897 2 <I>Observer</I> columnist Nigel Slater has chosen his eight favourite foods and sculpted a sensational cookbook around them. And what are they? Potatoes, chicken, sausages, garlic, bread, cheese, ice-cream and chocolate. <p> For each of the eight he offers a selection of recipes, some from friends and colleagues, including Alastair Little, Rowley Leigh, Peter Gordon and Nigella Lawson. As he explains in the introduction, "By <I>Real Food</I> I mean big-flavoured, unpretentious cooking. Good ingredients made into something worth eating. Nothing fancy. Nothing extravagant. Nothing careless or slapdash. Just nice, uncomplicated food--be it chicken roasted with olive oil, lemon and basil or simply a big, fat mushroom baked in garlic butter and stuffed inside a soft bap." And that's pretty much what he's achieved, though he does let himself go on occasion with recipes like Deep-fried Ice Cream and Mincemeat Parcels. <p> The book is peppered with short essays on ingredients that bear Slater's trademark dry wit. He is definitely one of Britain's best food writers and his collaboration with photographer Jonathan Lovekin marks this book out from the crowd. 75228 1998 Nigel Slater's Real Food total:33|5:1|4:2|3:0|2:0|1:0| 33 143 54 4 5 0 false false Sun Jul 19 14:04:09 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 14:05:01 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat May 16 21:26:58 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 21:26:58 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Fri Jan 11 17:10:46 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 16 14:55:10 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Fri Feb 01 12:54:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 01 12:56:17 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Fri Nov 27 14:22:22 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 27 14:22:22 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Nov 20 03:24:34 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 03:24:34 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sat Oct 10 05:39:09 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 05:39:09 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Sep 23 07:42:14 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 07:42:14 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jul 18 08:40:11 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 08:40:11 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 10:13:57 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 10:13:57 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jun 23 20:48:53 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 20:48:53 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jun 20 11:00:38 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 11:00:38 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jun 14 14:41:24 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 14:41:24 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon May 25 07:04:56 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 07:04:56 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon May 25 00:49:20 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 00:49:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu May 21 03:07:10 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 03:07:15 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Apr 18 07:36:03 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 07:36:03 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Apr 12 05:25:08 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 05:25:10 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Apr 04 14:31:01 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 14:31:01 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Mar 12 01:40:39 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 01:40:39 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=77897