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
    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

  • Nigel Slater
    Midweek treat: rhubarb, orange and ginger crumbs

    Lovely fresh flavours, sweet and slightly sour and spicy

    Tue, 13 Jan 2026

  • Nigel Slater
    Kitchen diary: broccoli, beans and sausage stew

    Scarf ’n’ gloves weather demands something to warm us, soup or stew or both

    Fri, 9 Jan 2026

  • Nigel Slater
    Midweek treat: baked apples with fruit mincemeat ice-cream

    An unusually tasty twist on a favourite traditional pudding

    Tue, 6 Jan 2026

  • Nigel Slater
    Kitchen diary: roast fennel and celery with yoghurt and honey

    It’s time to use up whatever veg is left in the fridge. This can be the cue for some friendly, wholesome cooking

    Fri, 2 Jan 2026

  • Nigel Slater
    Midweek treat: rice pudding with scarlet fruits

    A sustaining bowl that you can enjoy hot or well chilled

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025

  • Nigel Slater
    Nigel Slater’s kitchen diary: chicken, butter bean and rainbow chard soup

    A homely, soothing supper to see in the New Year

    Fri, 26 Dec 2025

  • Nigel Slater
    Nigel Slater’s kitchen diary: stollen buns

    Fruit-flecked snowballs to manifest the elusive white Christmas

    Fri, 19 Dec 2025

  • Nigel Slater
    Nigel Slater’s homemade gifts

    Pistachio chocolate cakes, candied peel biscuits, olive pastries … so good you’ll want to keep them for yourself

    Thu, 18 Dec 2025

  • Nigel Slater
    Nigel Slater’s midweek treat: Root vegetable rosti with apple sauce

    Parsnips, beetroots and onion crispy fried with spices and herbs, perfectly accompanied by sweet apples

    Tue, 16 Dec 2025

  • Nigel Slater
    Nigel Slater’s kitchen diary: smoked salmon pudding

    A creamy, soufflé-light pudding which feels special enough for Christmas, but works all year round

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025

  • Nigel Slater
    Chocolate pistachio florentines

    Tue, 9 Dec 2025

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