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Observer columnist Nigel Slater has chosen his eight favourite foods and sculpted a sensational cookbook around them. And what are they? Potatoes, chicken, sausages, garlic, bread, cheese, ice-cream and chocolate.

For each of the eight he offers a selection of recipes, some from friends and colleagues, including Alastair Little, Rowley Leigh, Peter Gordon and Nigella Lawson. As he explains in the introduction, "By Real Food I mean big-flavoured, unpretentious cooking. Good ingredients made into something worth eating. Nothing fancy. Nothing extravagant. Nothing careless or slapdash. Just nice, uncomplicated food--be it chicken roasted with olive oil, lemon and basil or simply a big, fat mushroom baked in garlic butter and stuffed inside a soft bap." And that's pretty much what he's achieved, though he does let himself go on occasion with recipes like Deep-fried Ice Cream and Mincemeat Parcels.

The book is peppered with short essays on ingredients that bear Slater's trademark dry wit. He is definitely one of Britain's best food writers and his collaboration with photographer Jonathan Lovekin marks this book out from the crowd. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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'A mouth-watering joy - you could almost pick the food up and eat it straight from the page'

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   14 of 14 people found the following review helpful: More than just a great cook book, an entertaining read too!, 11 April 2001 By A Customer Nigel Slater is a genius. His recipes are simple and easy to follow, with mouth-wateringly delicious results. I could not pick one favourite from this book, having tried more than half of the recipes therein, they're all just too good. But the very best part is that this is not just a recipe book, it's a damned good read, which brought more than one chuckle from my lips as I read from cover to cover within a day of receiving it. This man is passionate about food......it's contagious!!!  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   10 of 10 people found the following review helpful: What a great concept for a cookbook, 31 Oct 2002 By  Andrew Hume - See all my reviews Nigel Slater does it again - if you haven't already, go out and buy this book (what am I saying? Click on your mouse and buy this book! Sorry, all-seeing Amazon eye). It's a great concept for a cookery book - pick your favourite foods and just throw us a few different recipes for them. And luckily, Nigel likes what everybody likes - chicken, bread, chocolate, ice-cream. This is a million miles from Gordon Ramsay's cappuccino soups or Delia's precisely measured little bowls of ingredients, not that I would denigrate either of them. But what Nigel Slater does, in this brilliantly written book, is to remind us that the so-called 'basic' foods can be exciting and bursting with flavour without being pretentious or difficult. Who could fail to love a book that has a chapter full of sausage recipes?  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   9 of 9 people found the following review helpful: Great if you cook for two and want to make food sexy!, 29 Oct 1998 By A Customer This review is from: Nigel Slater's Real Food (Hardcover) If you've seen Nigel on telly, don't be put off by his cheesy on-screen style and celebrity friends. His writing is wonderful. Fans of his column in The Observer will not be dissapointed - the characteristic passion he feels for what he's cooking is all here - from unctious-purple-satin aubergines to gooey bottom-of-pan left-overs. The recipes are generally quick and simple and avoid the chemistry lesson approach so evident in many other books. Quantities are small so be prepared to do some multiplying if you're cooking a dinner party.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) › See all 38 customer reviews...		Most Recent Customer Reviews I Love It I love the fact that once again Nigel Slater has delivered a book easy to read, entertaining and useful! Read more Published 4 months ago by ilex Great book let down by poor quality manufacture The book contents is excellent. I can cook a bit but decided to start cooking more and bought a load of new books, this is my favorite. Read more Published 5 months ago by Mr. Russell Scott