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The five greatest cookbooks ever?

Nigel Slater’s picks

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January 7, 2010

Over on The Browser, a Q&A with Nigel Slater reveals his top five cookbooks of all time. True to his modern-Brit sensibilities, Slater picks Brits (Nigella Lawson and Elizabeth David) as well as two Australians (Stephanie Alexander and David Thompson). The outlier? Italy-to-America transplant Marcella Hazan. Check it out for Slater’s reasoning as to why these five authors are staples in his kitchen.

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