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Cook the Book: 'Tender: A Cook and His Vegetable Patch'

It would be easy to call Tender a vegetable cookbook but it's so much more than that. For example, the chapter on leeks: Slater introduces the leek, talks about his relationship with it, fond memories it evokes, and even the variety he prefers in his home kitchen (Musselburgh).Slater treats each vegetable in Tender with the same sort of reverence, whether it's something showy like a summer tomato or a humble onion. Enter to win a copy here.

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224 Comments | Posted by Caroline Russock, May 23, 2011 at 12:45 PM
Tagged: contests, Cook the Book, Nigel Slater, Tender

Why Nigel Slater Is Not Vegetarian

The food writer Nigel Slater says he feels that killing animals to eat them is wrong and wants desperately to be a vegetarian, but confesses that "I eat meat because I like it. No, scratch that. I eat meat because I love it. I like the feel of it in my hand, the way my carving knife slices through the raw flesh, the smell of it crackling and spitting in the oven. I love the way the fat crisps and the flesh stays pink and bloody, the way the juices dribble out when I carve it, the way the Yorkshire pudding soaks up the beefy gravy from my plate. My love of roast pork and its crackling, and of...

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3 Comments | Posted by Lia Bulaong, May 2, 2007 at 9:00 AM
Tagged: carnivore, guilt, love, meat, Nigel Slater