The Hogarth Press where I’m working, is in the heart of the literary world, with authors coming in all the time. Cooking - for me at least – is about making yourself something to eat and sharing food with others but is also – whisper it - about the quiet moments of joy to be had along the way. For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin. There is something - and this is the point really - that goes hand-in-hand with making something to eat, that transcends putting the finished dish on the table.

Every time Nigel Slater announces a new book, I quickly make a spot next to all his other books that sit on my bookshelf.

From the first jam tart he made with his mum standing on a chair trying to reach the Aga, through to what he’s cooking today, A Cook’s Book is the ultimate Nigel Slater collection. The best recipes are those that not only work but a delight to read, contain a useful tip or two, and guide the reader to a useful result with ease. A salad tossed together with broad beans, salted ricotta and the first white-tipped radishes of spring; a roast chicken, its crisp skin served with a fat jug of its roasting juices on an autumn day or a gloriously messy platter of grilled aubergines, hummus and torn flatbread shared with the best of friends.

In that recipe for the lamb with lime and cilantro, Slater gives us the conversation and guidance he wants from a recipe: “Add the lamb and let it color appealingly. The independent-minded quarterly magazine that combines good looks, good writing and a personal approach. We use Google Analytics to see what pages are most visited, and where in the world visitors are visiting from.Receiving no public funding, the RA depends on the continuing generosity of our supporters and Friends. For all ebook purchases, you will be prompted to create an account or login with your existing HarperCollins username and password. Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook). p>From the first jam tart Nigel made with his mum standing on a chair trying to reach the Aga, through to what he is cooking now, this is the ultimate Nigel Slater collection brimming with over 200 recipes.

Slightly Foxed brings back forgotten voices through its Slightly Foxed and Plain Foxed Editions, a series of beautifully produced little pocket hardback reissues of classic memoirs, all of them absorbing and highly individual. Sharing food with those at your table - passing round a bowl of late autumn raspberries or a slice of sugar-encrusted blackberry and apple pie – is heart-warming enough, but a recipe posted in a newspaper, ephemerally on social media or in more lasting form in the pages of a book, has the chance to be shared even more widely. The RA is a unique institution, an independent charity with a mission to be a clear, strong voice for art and artists, where art is made, exhibited and debated. Slightly Foxed introduces its readers to books that are no longer new and fashionable but have lasting appeal. Each one a letter to a friend, a story of something I have made for dinner, the tale of how it came to be on my table.You can unsubscribe from our list at any point by changing your preferences, or contacting us directly. And that is where a good recipe comes in and partly the point of what I do, to guide a new cook towards a pleasing dinner, and for those who have been cooking for years, to share a recipe that they may not know. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. We are experiencing delays with deliveries to many countries, but in most cases local services have now resumed. p>