Another vote for Nigel Slater (assume they are available in the US). Great food, invariably tastes good, nothing too complex and well focussed on seasonal produce. My only criticsm would be a slight deficit of fish receipes v meat. The Kitchen Diaries is my favourite.

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's Meat Cookbook is another cracker.

^ to Giorgio Locatelli too.

Regretably Nigella is a little less alluring in the flesh (or she was the Sunday I saw her buying Nespresso capsules in Selfridges).