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Apologies for the new thread, I tried searching for the recent thread about favourite cookery books but I couldn't find it.
Today the postman delivered me a parcel containing 'Tender - Volume 1' by Nigel Slater.
Now, I will admit that Nigel Slater is one of my least liked food presenters, I just can't get on with his overall manner and effusiveness when describing food and how he likes to cook food. Just be normal, don't whisper and use such dramatic gesticulations and mannerisms.
So, it was with a little uncertainty that I opened this book, had I just wasted £20?
By heck, no! What a fabulous book. I'm hooked. It's reads more like a diary than a cookery book, it's full of interesting facts (did you know that runner beans climb clockwise and all other beans climb anti-clockwise) and all of the recipes 'seem' simple and recipes that I, as a terrible cook, could try myself and no make a complete mess of. This week I am going to try the minced pork and marrow recipe which sounds delicious.
I highly recommend this to anyone, I'm reading it as if it's a novel and I imagine that it would make a wonderful present for a foodie or grow you own-er.
It was certainly money well spent.
Today the postman delivered me a parcel containing 'Tender - Volume 1' by Nigel Slater.
Now, I will admit that Nigel Slater is one of my least liked food presenters, I just can't get on with his overall manner and effusiveness when describing food and how he likes to cook food. Just be normal, don't whisper and use such dramatic gesticulations and mannerisms.
So, it was with a little uncertainty that I opened this book, had I just wasted £20?
By heck, no! What a fabulous book. I'm hooked. It's reads more like a diary than a cookery book, it's full of interesting facts (did you know that runner beans climb clockwise and all other beans climb anti-clockwise) and all of the recipes 'seem' simple and recipes that I, as a terrible cook, could try myself and no make a complete mess of. This week I am going to try the minced pork and marrow recipe which sounds delicious.
I highly recommend this to anyone, I'm reading it as if it's a novel and I imagine that it would make a wonderful present for a foodie or grow you own-er.
It was certainly money well spent.
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