“It probably never occurred to them, I would imagine, that in 50 years' time it was going to be selling at Christie's. He moved to Worcestershire as a teenager and attended Chantry High School where he enjoyed writing essays and was one of only two boys to take cookery as an O-Level subject. In a corner, balanced perfectly on a delicate table and held in place with museum wax, is an exquisite, tulip-like Jennifer Lee creation. As we settle in to our newest home we look around to its other residents to discover the who’s who of Highbury. Alice Vincent, With a near-infinite combination of ingredients at his disposal and a laundry filled with crockery amassed over a lifetime, how on earth does he work out what goes with what? The book was published in two volumes; the first is on vegetables, which was released late in 2009 and the second is on fruit, which was released in 2010. Back in Nigel’s laundry-cum-prop-room, he carefully picks up pieces and examines them gently as if they were sleeping animals. Who would have thought that starting out making dog biscuits would lead Charles Cruft to found Crufts dog show?! So, I get precious about this. “It's the smell of the studio, that slightly damp, dusty smell, but also the fact that it's a place of pure creativity,” Nigel explains, “and most of the potters I know are quite energetic people. [12] Their biggest battle was over lemon meringue pie – his father's favourite. In his 1992 book Real Fast Food he writes: “I find something intrinsically ‘right’ about eating food while holding it in my hands. You don't want it to be so thick that you can't feel the warmth of the coffee or whatever through it. 020 7704 2100 What would he put in there? He seems perfectly happy, twiddling his napkin and looking, a touch longingly, at a basket of freshly baked bread rolls. You get the occasional piece that seems to drain the life out of the food. [20] Toast was published in Britain in October 2004[21] and became a best-seller after it was featured on the Richard & Judy Book Club. [10][11], Slater claims in his autobiography that he used food to compete with his stepmother for his father's attention. But that is how it was. Now it’s time to drool over the simple but warm kitchen of another British cook, our favorite, Nigel Slater.If you live in the UK, you’re lucky to have access to the second season of Mr. Slater’s Simple Suppers (BBC One) which premiered this week. [22], As he told The Observer, "The last bit of the book is very foody. Spotted around the room are his more ornamental pieces. You find yourself recognising some of them from his books as if they are movie extras (was that the bowl the aubergine and chickpeas recipe was served in in EAT? “I've got the odd rather lovely plate that has never worked, no matter what I put on it. [11] He became known for uncomplicated, comfort food recipes which he presented in early books such as The 30-Minute Cook (1994) and Real Cooking, as well as his memoir-like columns for The Observer which he began in 1993. In 1998, Slater hosted the Channel 4 series Nigel Slater's Real Food Show. In a way, it’s as delightful as visiting a cook’s kitchen. “It’s a serene and peaceful space, and Slater, who is single, readily agrees that it suits his solitary lifestyle.” A curious object that would have looked equally at home on the kitchen table in Bilbo Baggins’ cottage as it would in a cabinet at the Palace of Versailles. It was a salt-glazed mug designed by one of Nigel’s favorite potters, Steve Harrison. I don't know why, I just wouldn't. [9], Slater attended Woodfield Avenue School in Penn, Staffordshire. “Lucy was one of the original craft potters, one of the studio potters, whose work has become very sought-after,” Nigel explains. “But then again, people get precious about football and about goals and things: who scored what and who did what. Highbury may not be home to many politicians but our current resident Boris Johnson is an exception to most rules and goes against the stereotype of the average Highbury resident. Duncan Campbell, Nigel’s relationship with the earth has been communicated to his ever-growing hoards of ardent readers for decades. [13] In 2009, he presented the six-part series Simple Suppers on BBC One,[14] and a second series the following year. Slater lives in the Highbury area of north London, where he maintains a kitchen garden which is often featured in his column. But I keep on trying,” he confesses. I still cannot exaggerate how just putting a meal in front of somebody is really more of a buzz for me than anything. They're often quite effervescent. “I never want to get too precious. A couple of pinecones litter the functioning hearth and the deep, off-white sofas look luxurious, but also reassuringly like a lot of friends have come over and sat on them. Most of us, whether we care to admit it or not, have a favorite mug. Sometimes I know exactly the plate or the bowl for that particular thing, because I just feel the food looks comfortable on it.”, “Nigel has always been sensitive to how his food will appear in the photographs, and his choice of ceramics, vessels and objects are a natural extension of this,” says Jonathan Lovekin, Nigel’s trusted photographer who has been taking portraits of his freshly-cooked meals for years. I reckon the people I know who probably really genuinely don't care what plate or bowl their food is served in, do care about their mug. Nearby is a piece by Greenwich-based potter Lisa Hammond who trained in Japan and whose studio he has visited. ‘It's mine,’ or ‘oh, that's my mug.’ You know?”. Nigel Slater’s Middle East is quite a departure for the preternaturally youthful 61-year-old, and not just because it was booze-free. Anthony Pepe built up an excellent reputation for exceptional customer service from his first branch in Hazelwood Lane and that approach and philosophy still remains true today. He returned to TV in 2006 to host the chat/food show A Taste of My Life for BBC One and BBC Two. That's really, really important to me. Buying them is competitive; there’s only so much of it, and it’s incredibly in-demand. Do collectors just wake up one day and decide to begin collecting something? It's like parenting in a way I suppose. This is mainly due to Nigel’s annual pilgrimage to Japan, during which he pops into his favorite ceramics shops to place orders (“when they say they'll ship, I'm the happiest guy alive!”) and pays visits to The Museum of Oriental Ceramics in Osaka. Nigel Slater (1958 – ) is a food commentator. キッチンアイデア キッチンの流し台 ヴィンテージキッチン キッチン キッチンのリモデル アンティークハウス. “I didn't think that ceramics was my world really,” says Nigel as we descend the stairs back to the kitchen, “but it has become so important to me.” For someone who admits he has never bought a proper set of china, and who tried his hand at throwing but didn’t take to it, he’s surrounded himself with a fascinating, personal, functional set of his own. I probably am,” he says. Something is for sure, Anthony Pepe has been a resident of North London since 1987 and continues to be an influencing resident of the past, present and future. “This was accidental,” he said, standing in his now-ex laundry, gesturing to over 100 plates, bowls and vessels. It is as if this is how food was meant to be eaten all along, with knives, forks and chopsticks being part of a parlour game that somehow got out of hand. Originally from the West Midlands food writer, journalist and broadcaster Nigel Slater now lives in Highbury, where he maintains a kitchen garden which is often featured in his column. And there’s my weekend mug, which is that one over there.”, Nigel, who is known worldwide for his cooking and food writing, is big into ceramics, a world not unlike the culinary one he resides in. It should be as robust as it is durable, but also precious. I swear that plate cropped up in The Christmas Chronicles…) In The Kitchen Diaries Nigel writes: “The pictures are taken at home...they are things that I have come to love and cherish. It has been broadcast on BBC One.[6][23]. We are beginning to spread our wings throughout North London with branches in Palmers Green, Harringay and more recently Highbury. It's so odd that's how they are because I think of them as being completely different.”. [32], In April 2019, it was announced that the show would embark on a UK National Tour in the autumn. Tender is described as a memoir, a study of fifty of our favourite vegetables, fruits and nuts and a collection of over five hundred recipes. “It would calm down something that's quite bright...a very green soup or something...I probably wouldn't put meat or anything brown on it. His long-standing interest in vessels has culminated into a now quite extraordinary collection which amassed slowly over time and – as is perhaps the case with many collector’s collections – caught Nigel slightly off guard. Life and Times. [15], He appeared as a guest "castaway" on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs in June 2005. They are as much props for his personal routine as they are for his professional life. These are the ceramics, he explained as if he was confessing something naughty, that he tends to acquire through auctions, over the phone. But, for the time being, a flurry of waiters hover round him. It's fine. I'd just catch her when she was doing some meringue, building up that recipe slowly over a matter of months, if not years."[12]. Harringay He lives in Highbury, near Islington in London, England. "I'd count the egg-shells in the bin, to see how many eggs she'd used and write them down. "While other boys in his class were reading Shoot! 0208 440 5000 Food is, for me, for everybody, a very sexual thing and I think I realised that quite early on. It was the era of starched napkins and (shudder) square plates. Cockfosters It looks a bit precious.”, By In his 2005 bestseller The Kitchen Diaries, he writes: “Learning to eat with the ebb and flow of the seasons is the single thing that has made my eating more enjoyable…I worry that today it is all too easy to lose sight of food’s natural timing and, worse, to miss it when it is at its sublime best. Born in Highbury before the war, Sir George Martin is an English record producer who has been referred to as “the fifth Beatle” due to his extensive involvement in each of their original albums. [5] He has written a column for The Observer Magazine for over a decade and is the principal writer for the Observer Food Monthly supplement. We’ve taken a look at the (TV set) kitchens of Jamie Oliver and Sophie Dahl. The vessels that have not been lost to his unforgiving flagstone kitchen floor are still used daily. Recipes that evoke the sunshine flavours of Greece, By Now he shares his home with hundreds of ceramic objects which accompany him through his personal and professional life, and who he speaks of as warmly as if they were old friends. Homely, but fancy. He loves Japanese ceramics for “the sheer wobbliness of them and the fact that they're imperfect.” Nigel also keeps up with a handful of ceramicists on Instagram who he will order pieces from. “The photography has always been made at Nigel’s home, it picks up on the natural rhythms of his domestic space. To join the list of past residents we can market your home to our database of potential buyers through our online community, magazine and three branches who know your area and your homes next owner. They're not, as I'd imagine, these entirely serene human beings from another world. Virginia Clark, The plates and bowls in this room have starred in the photographs accompanying Nigel’s writing for years. Welcome to House & Garden. I don't think there’s anything wrong in putting something in front of somebody that just feels right...something that is a pleasure to hold.”, The coffee in the Steve Harrison mug is gone. To try to write about such a good writer is daunting. Generally, the food will always come first.”, His collection isn’t confined to the room by the kitchen.
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