Photo of Nigel Slater
Nigel Slater

Food Writer

Nigel Slater is a multi-award-winning author of cookery books including Appetite, Eat and the Kitchen Diaries and a memoir, Toast – The Story of a Boy's Hunger

Photo of Nigel Slater

Nigel Slater

Food Writer

Nigel Slater is a multi-award-winning author of cookery books including Appetite, Eat and the Kitchen Diaries and a memoir, Toast – The Story of a Boy's Hunger

  • Nigel Slater
    Nigel Slater’s kitchen diary: cauli to brighten any week

    Elevate your root vegetables with a Hollandaise sauce, the most seductive and capricious of the classics

    Thu, 5 Mar 2026

  • Nigel Slater
    Nigel Slater’s noodles with cabbage and coconut

    A tangle of noodles with coconut milk, lime and shredded dark green cabbage

    Fri, 27 Feb 2026

  • Nigel Slater
    Nigel Slater’s noodles, prawns and cucumber

    A fresh and easy recipe that you can start ahead of time

    Fri, 27 Feb 2026

  • Nigel Slater
    Nigel Slater’s noodles with sesame breadcrumbs

    A spicy recipe that adapts to whatever you have

    Fri, 27 Feb 2026

  • Nigel Slater
    Nigel Slater’s quick sesame noodles

    A deeply savoury and garlicky dish that can be on the table in about five minutes

    Fri, 27 Feb 2026

  • Nigel Slater
    Nigel Slater’s pork broth with noodles and greens

    A rich stock takes time, but the reward is a hearty feast for a cold afternoon

    Fri, 27 Feb 2026

  • Nigel Slater
    Nigel Slater’s noodles with chilli tomato sauce

    Roast tomatoes and chillies to bring sweetness, warmth and depth to a sauce for thick noodles

    Fri, 27 Feb 2026

  • Nigel Slater
    Nigel Slater’s noodle soup with lentils and soured cream

    Our resident cook’s version of ash reshteh, a deeply consoling Iranian soup thick with beans, flat noodles and chickpeas

    Fri, 27 Feb 2026

  • Nigel Slater
    Noodle soup with lentils and soured cream

    A comforting, fragrant noodle soup based on Iranian ash reshteh

    Fri, 27 Feb 2026

  • Nigel Slater
    Nigel Slater’s noodle salad with sprouted beans and peanuts

    Cool, fresh and no cooking required

    Fri, 27 Feb 2026

  • Nigel Slater
    Nigel Slater’s crystal noodle salad with pickled ginger and lime recipe

    Light, fresh, yet packed full of punchy flavour

    Fri, 27 Feb 2026

  • Nigel Slater
    Kitchen diary: apple bread and butter pudding

    Banish February blues with apples and cream

    Thu, 19 Feb 2026

  • Nigel Slater
    Midweek dinner: red mullet, fennel and blood orange

    A hearty fish dish with herby, spicy and citrus flavours

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026

  • Nigel Slater
    Nigel Slater's recipe for lemon pancakes with strawberry sauce

    A classic for pancake day, the sweetness of sugar and fruit with the zing of lemon is the perfect combination

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026

  • Nigel Slater
    Nigel Slater’s spring onion pancakes with crab and avocado

    A little pancake the diameter of a side plate, filled with crabmeat, avocado and chilli jam

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026

  • Nigel Slater
    Nigel Slater’s recipe for pancakes with ricotta and pistachio

    Elevate your pancakes to canolli-esque levels of indulgence

    Fri, 13 Feb 2026

  • Nigel Slater
    Midweek treat: sultana and ginger puddings

    Sweet little individual puds with a warming ginger tang

    Tue, 10 Feb 2026

  • Nigel Slater
    Kitchen diary: potato cakes, smoked mackerel and parsley sauce

    Something genuinely hearty and warming to welcome us home this winter

    Thu, 5 Feb 2026

  • Nigel Slater
    Midweek treat: Bircher muesli, maple syrup and berries

    For a delicious, healthy and effortless start to the day

    Tue, 3 Feb 2026

  • Nigel Slater
    Let oats strike the right notes

    Porridge-stirring is my happy place. But this deceptively humble grain is not just for breakfast

    Thu, 29 Jan 2026

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