Nigel Slater's Real Food

Observer columnist Nigel Slater has chosen his eight favorite foods—potatoes, chicken, sausages, garlic, bread, cheese, ice cream, and chocolate—and sculpted a sensational cookbook around them. For each of the eight he offers a selection of recipes, some from friends and colleagues, including Alastair Little, Rowley Leigh, Peter Gordon, and Nigella Lawson. The book is peppered with short essays on ingredients that bear Slater's trademark dry wit. He is definitely one of Britain's best food writers and his collaboration with photographer Jonathan Lovekin makes this book stand out from the crowd.