Ripe
by Nigel Slater
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Critic Rating
93%
Critic Reviews: 8
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94%
Reader Ratings: 10
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Synopsis
Britain's foremost food writer Nigel Slater returns to the garden in this sequel to Tender, his acclaimed and beloved volume on vegetables. With a focus on fruit, Ripe is equal parts cookbook, primer on produce and gardening, and affectionate ode to the inspiration behind the book-Slater's forty-foot backyard garden in London. Intimate, delicate prose is interwoven with recipes in this lavishly photographed cookbook. Slater offers more than 300 delectable... more
About Nigel Slater
- All Critics: 8
- Positive: 8
- Negative: 0
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LA Times | 2 Apr 2012
The U.S. edition of Nigel Slater's latest cookbook, "Ripe: A Cook in the Orchard," is pretty irresistible.
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Bay Area Bites | 5 Jun 2012
As with Tender, however, the real reason to add Ripe to your cookbook shelf is Slater’s smart, supple prose and tart observations, which are at once lyrical, deeply felt, and irresistibly irreverent.
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The Wall Street Journal | 25 May 2011
His cookbooks teach readers how to get "back to the land," even if the "land" is only a small garden or a patio planter.
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Cool Hunting | 26 Mar 2012
All the sweetness of fruit shines through in their thorough explanation and simple imagery throughout this thick new book.
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Bizzy Lizzy's Good Things | 24 May 2012
A BIG, delightful and informative book that every cook and food enthusiast will want to add to their collection!
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Garden Design | 8 Jun 2012
How could you not love a man who gave such un-fussy measurements as “a knob of butter” and whose un-staged photographs of food were all the more exquisite for their imperfections?
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Chron | 15 May 2012
His latest volume follows fruit from garden to plate, with unique sweet and savory recipes.
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