Nigel Slater
How I garden for my kitchen

Nigel Slater, TV cook, bestselling cookery author and food columnist for The Observer, has joined the RHS grow your own veg campaign.

In a new series in the RHS magazine, The Garden and on RHS Online, Nigel enthuses about growing veg at home.

In the series, Nigel talks about what he grows in his town garden for use in the kitchen, and some of Nigel’s mouthwatering recipes accompany his articles.

Best use of space, pushing potatoes (July)
Mozzarella and green beans
Warm lentils, peas and goat’s cheese

Planting, herb heaven and al fresco dining (June)
Radish, mint and feta salad
Trout with crumbs and summer herbs

Getting to grips and making the most of space (May)
A salad of leaves, herbs, pancetta and croutons
Broad beans in their pods with dill and yoghurt

Nigel kickstarts How I garden for my kitchen

About Nigel Slater

Nigel Slater is a cook who writes. He has been the food columnist for The Observer for 15 years. Author of seven cookery books, an autobiography and presenter of the BBC television series A Taste of my Life, his latest book is Eating for England, a personal portrait of the British at table.

Nigel is not a chef. His cooking is understated, straightforward stuff that is easy to accomplish, without a trace of what he affectionately calls ‘cheffery’. He is not fond of fussy cooking and prefers simple suppers made with care and thought. He believes that making something good to eat for yourself or for others can lift the spirits in the way little else can.

Nigel is currently filming the fourth series of A Taste of My Life for the BBC. It will be shown later in 2008.

Books

He has published 10 books, all in print. He is currently working on a cookery book for publication in 2009 or 2010.

Eating for England
The Kitchen Diaries
Toast – the story of a Boy’s Hunger
Thirst
Appetite
Nigel Slater’s Real Food
Real Cooking
The Thirty Minute Cook
Real Fast Puddings
Real Fast Food

You can buy these books from the RHS Enterprises Online Bookstore.

Television

Nigel has presented three series of A Taste of My Life for BBC 1 and 2. The 15 programmes follow the format of Nigel’s book Toast, with writers, actors and film stars talking about their lives through the medium of food. A fourth series is currently in production.

Find out more about Nigel - visit www.nigelslater.com