It also has to be said that the general style and cost of ingredients may be a bit offputting for those who don't have access to 'jewel-like Japanese pickles' or 'almost melted liquid Taleggio and toothsome greens'.

Greenfeast: Autumn, Winter by Nigel Slater | Goodreads Greenfeast: Autumn, Winter by Nigel Slater | Goodreads

As I browsed I found myself stopping to read more recipes from beginning to end and picking finding new ideas for winter. Und ich schätze seine klugen Gedanken und die kleinen Essays, die die Rezepte begleiten und den einen oder anderen Denkanstoß geben.Bring to the boil, then remove from the heat, cover tightly with a lid and let the liquid infuse with the lemongrass for half an hour. Nigel’s recipes are often told as stories, as in his award-winning books Tender, the three-volume Kitchen Diariesand The Christmas Chronicles. It's pleasant reading with visually appealing photos for ideas of simplistic meals with wonderful flavors. I served this with the recommended drop scones and the light and savory scones were an excellent contrast with sweetness of the squash and onion.

Greenfeast: Autumn, Winter (Cloth-covered, flexible binding

You heat it up, slap on a few slices of aubergine, press them down on to the heat with a palette knife or a weight, then lift them off and dress with olive oil, lemon juice and crushed basil leaves. After mixing the spices, spinach and eggs, I had a mound of eggy spinach, not really something I could dip the bread in so I added a bit of milk. The bars of the grill do much for lumps of polenta and slices of halloumi, shavings of courgette and summer squash, and, most recently, halved little gem lettuces and wedges of spring cabbage.If you have already submitted another request to index a book or magazine yourself, please do not make any additional requests until you have indexed and submitted that book or magazine. Nigel has appeared on Desert Island Discs, Gardeners’ World, Gardener’s Question Time and Front Row.

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While the recipes are not necessarily long or difficult, everything I made seemed to require quite a lot of steps and multiple bowls or pots. Für mich sind sie in erster Linie Inspiration, da ich üblicherweise kein Rezeptkocher bin, sondern eher nach Anregungen suche und mich hier gerne verleiten lasse, Neues auszuprobieren. Toast - the20th Anniversary Edition, with an introduction by Elizabeth Day and Afterword by Nigel,will bepublished Autumn 2023. Was mir bei den Rezepten besonders gefallen hat, waren nicht nur die Fotos, sondern auch die zusätzlichen Kommentare des Autors, der noch Tipps gegeben hat oder Variationen ins Spiel gebracht hat. I think this would be a good cookbook for someone who grows their own vegetables who is looking for new things to do with their seasonal glut.Nigel's books have been translated into German, Russian*, Dutch, Portuguese, Korean, French and Taiwanese. I can't be the only one who thinks using foil in the oven to cover something is unnecessary and wasteful?