Nigel Slater
English food writer, journalist and broadcaster; long-time cookery columnist for The Observer; author of the memoir Toast, The Kitchen Diaries and A Cook's Book.
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Their wordsAlong with rosemary and ‘some’ of the thymes, they are the most reliable of the herbs I grow. They never let me down.
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Their wordsIt is difficult to think of a plant that carries the hope and freshness of spring the way a primrose does.
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Their words‘There is no point in hurrying an onion – other than those you dip into batter and dunk into bubbling oil. They need time and that is what they are getting today.’
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Their wordsThere is an earthy sweetness at the heart of root vegetables that is most successfully brought to the fore by a good roasting in a hot oven.