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Gorgeous photos, gorgeous prose(Rating: 5)
Nigel Slater strikes again, this time with probably his most beautiful cookery book. The photographs are simply stunning, and on soft, matte paper that looks like linen. He begins with a history of his own small garden, showing the average homeowner how they can do this with some creativity in little space. Opinionated, passionate about vegetables, and deeply informed, Slater makes one want to grow and eat more things that are good for us. The prose as ever is intelligent and beautiful, and the recipes are lush and mouth-watering. I dare you to pick up this book and not want to start prowling your local market's produce section immediately.
Thank you Mr. Slater! The nanosecond vol. 2 comes out, I'm there.

Inspirational foodie lifestyle tome(Rating: 5)
Nigel has delivered his extensive food knowledge alive in this beautiful book.
Written with warmth and generosity, this book has made it from the kitchen to where ever I want to sit and read a great book. Nigel's passion for food will have you salivating as you pour over the pages. Deliciously crafted, beautifully designed. This book will get you racing to the garden centre to plan your kitchen garden's culinary year.
Delicious!

Book Envy(Rating: 5)
When I look at this book with it's absolutely gorgeous photos and wonderfully written text about my favourite topics, cooking and gardening, it is EXACTLY the book I wish I could have written. It is brilliant and something that I hope Nigel Slater is extremely proud to have completed. It is approachable, witty, and written with a passion for the topics that I only see from 1 or 2 other cookery writers. As with all of his other books, the recipes always work and fill you with confidence to try different variations and techniques. The icing on the cake is that little v.1: in the title. Long may the v.'s continue!

Kitchen Diaries(Rating: 3)
No question, Nigel Slater is the best cookery writer of this century (so far) Nobody on either side of Atlantic can hold a candle to him --- at his best. Can't say the same about his television appearances, but that's a different discussion.

My husband bought me this fetching book from Waitrose, while we were house hunting in Devon. It is a handsome, ambitious, thoughtfully produced book, but something is missing from Slater's sumptuous food writing. I was left with the impression he was on a tight deadline with this one. As a result, the joyfulness and playfulness so abundant in Kitchen Diaries, is absent here.

I am of the opinion that cookery writers have one truly worthwhile book in them. It is usually the first book. Given a choice, choose Slater's Kitchen Diaries, if you want to read him and channel his cooking at his best.

Poor delivery from Citylink(Rating: 1)
This item, although I have Amazon Prime, was not delivered by Citylink even after two attempts. For some unknown reason I was unable to rearrange delivery and so cancelled the order. This is the first time that I have experienced delivery difficulties from Amazon. I am not at all impressed with Citylink!