Originally Posted by
Swanhunter
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.
Which reminds me, Rick Stein fills that gap for me. His 'Complete Seafood' is my fish bible and currently sits next to Fearnley-Whittingstall's Meat cookbook.
Originally Posted by
Swanhunter
Regretably Nigella is a little less alluring in the flesh (or she was the Sunday I saw her buying Nespresso capsules in Selfridges).
Noooooo, don't shatter the illusion! (Anyway, I've moved onto Sophie Dahl and not for her rather lackluster cookery)