Appetite
So What Do You Want to Eat Today?
by Nigel Slater
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Random House Inc |
Date 2002 |
Price None Available |
Publisher Notes
“If you decide to go through life without cooking you are missing something very, very special. You are losing out on one of the greatest pleasures you can have with your clothes on.” — Nigel Slater
A chance comment spurred the heralded Observer columnist and wildly popular cookbook author Nigel Slater to write Appetite. A reader asked “If you don’t give me exact amounts in a recipe, then how will I know if it is right?” Slater realized the reader had so little confidence in his own cooking that he didn’t know what he liked unless he was told. Appetite is not about getting it right or wrong; it is about liking what you cook.
To help the everyday cook achieve culinary independence, Slater supplies the basics of relaxed, unpretentious, hearty cooking, written with his trademark humour and candour. Slater doesn’t believe in replicating restaurant-style theatricality to impress guests -- he simply loves food, and his love is evident on every page.
Slater covers the philosophies of cooking, the basics to have on hand, and detailed descriptions of necessary equipment and ingredients. He tells you which wok to buy (the cheap one), and why it can pay to flirt with the fishmonger. There are sections on seasoning, a good long list of foods that pair well, and a large collection of recipes for soup, pasta, rice, vegetables, fish, meat, pastry and desserts. These are straightforward, easy-to-make dishes adapted for the North American cook -- every one a springboard to something new, different and delicious. And with full-colour photography throughout the book, Appetite is a feast for the eyes as well as the palate.
Media Reviews
"Slater contributes a terrific column to The Observer in London, and his writing could not be more palate-cleansing--his acidic riffs put you in mind of Nick Hornby, Martin Amis and Philip Larkin all at the same time....Slater's recipes are serious and thoughtful...but he's always on the side of the harried home cook....Three cheers for a crusty but careful cookbook that doesn't sound like it was written by the combined editorial boards of The Nation, Mother Jones and N.P.R."
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