A Cook‘s Chronicles: A Podcast

Season 2 #6: The Ritual of Tea

In this episode we’ll be celebrating that most simple of every day rituals – the ritual of tea.

Season 2 #5: Feasting

In this episode, we’ll be discussing the unbridled joy of a meat feast – tearing tender chicken from the bone, a humble feast inspired by my grandmother’s kitchen in 1964

Season 2 #4: The Perfect Pie

In this episode we will fall in love with pie – pillow, potato and pastry topped, sweet and savoury.

Season 2 #3: A Slice of Tart

In this episode, we’ll discover the unparalleled joy of making the perfect tart – and how really, a serving someone a slice of tart is a true act of love.

Season 2 #2: The Joy of Bread

In this episode, we’ll walk the streets of Paris and discover the joy of a freshly baked baguette and delve into the depths of the perfect sourdough starter.

Season 2 #1: Introducing a Cook‘s Chronicles

In our first episode we’ll talk exclusively to my lifelong editor, Louise Haines, about my writing from the days we first started working together, to now.

Season 2 : Trailer

Fourth Estate Presents A Cook’s Chronicles, a podcast, from me Nigel Slater. In this second series you’ll be joining me on the story of my life in the kitchen from the fi

Season 1 #1: Winter Has Arrived

In our first episode, we’ll explore the wonderful crackle of winter – a fire in the hearth and boots crunching on frozen grass; as well as the softness – voluminous jumpe

Season 1 #10: BONUS: The Christmas Season (an extract from The Kitchen Diaries)

In this special bonus episode from The Kitchen Diaries, we’ll find ourselves preparing for Christmas day, enjoying the festivities, and relaxing into the best day of the

Season 1 #9: Christmas Day: Ringing Bells and a Roasting Goose

It's Christmas Day – welcome, and a very Merry Christmas. In this episode we’ll talk about the tradition of the Christmas dinner – are you having turkey or goose? – and h

Season 1 #8: Christmas Eve: Evergreens and A New Fish Pie

It’s Christmas Eve and in this episode I’ll be bringing in the evergreens, as tradition dictates, burning the Yule log in the fireplaces of my old home, and getting organ

Season 1 #7: Cheese and Wine

In this episode we’ll find ourselves staring at the winter sky – the blazing clarity of the stars – and settle in the gentleness of its glow. We’ll make a wreath, put tog

Season 1 #6: Panettone: A Love Story

In this episode we’ll talk about the lightest of all breads: panettone, and my love affair with the sweetly scented, thickly sliced cake. Carols, the traditional sound of

Season 1 #5: Coming in from the Cold

In this episode we’ll embrace the warmth of winter - the scented juices flowing from the kitchen, the soft lights of my home – as well as the sharp flavours of pickled qu

Season 1 #4: The Christmas Tree

In this episode we’ll talk about the art of choosing and decorating a perfectly-cut Christmas tree – the lights, jewels, and baubles that festoon the branches – and its i

Season 1 #3: Spice, Crumbs, and Cream

In this episode I’ll tell you a little more about my early family Christmas’, we’ll explore the mercifully unsweet, crisp biscuit that is Lebkuchen, and I’ll tell you my

Season 1 #2: A Jolly Good Mince Pie

In this episode we’ll continue our tour of Nuremberg and take in the magnificence of the city’s Christmas windows. I’ll explain my deep, life-long love of the cold months

Season 1: Trailer

Join Nigel Slater on a walk through midwinter, all the way up to Christmas Day. There’ll be recipes for some of your festive favourites and some new ideas to excite your