Tuesday, 4 June 2013
288. Simon Hopkinson
Herself cackles with glee when she remembers that it was she who first brought my attention to SH, when she bought me Roast Chicken and Other Stories.
I don't like to tell her that I have yet to cook anything out of that book, bar following his guide for roast chicken, which is excellent and might change the way you roast a bird forever...
He's a lovely writer. And now that he's done some telly we know that he has that remarkable knack for writing exactly as he speaks. That's what I call a 'voice'. Spare, elegant prose, but always branded through and through with his affectionate yet rigorous expectations.
He loves food. He loves writing. He doesn't like parties. I can't understand why we're not friends already.
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JOY!. he is 'the new daddy' in our house. can do no wrong. MH is his most ardent new disciple.
ReplyDeleteTo the point of writing exactly as you speak, I have exactly six words.
Nigel Slater stick to the books.