Nigel Slater: Eating Together
Food writer and cook Nigel Slater meets devoted home cooks across multicultural Britain to find out culinary secrets from across the world and discover what makes different cultures in Britain tick.
- 2015-2015
- 1 season
- Documentary
Food writer and cook Nigel Slater meets devoted home cooks across multicultural Britain to find out culinary secrets from across the world and discover what makes different cultures in Britain tick.
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2015
Episode 1
Dumplings
29 mins
Nigel takes a tour of the diversity in modern British home cooking, starting with bite-sized gems from around the world that make a big impression. From his classic suet dumplings that say old-fashioned Britain, his travels take him to Lincolnshire to meet Nita, whose recipes for pea kachori and lamb samosas have a profound personal significance.
Episode 2
Soup
28 mins
Nigel meets three of Britain's best home cooks to discover well-loved soup recipes that have come from around the world. He meets Miles, whose mum brought her recipe for spicy fish tea with her when she moved to Trowbridge from Jamaica in the 1960s, and Sumiko, for a lesson in the art of Japanese miso soup.
Episode 3
Custard
29 mins
Nigel sees how custard brings out the child in us all, from his dad's fabulous christmas trifle to a fragrant Iraqi dish that takes Linda back to happy days in Baghdad. His tour of the flavours of modern Britain reveals the secrets behind home-baked Portuguese custard tarts and a delicious Malaysian custard that is not yellow but green.
Episode 4
Hotpots
28 mins
Nigel meets Yasmin, whose special Iranian fesenjoon takers her back to her childhood in Iran, he gets a lesson in Brazil's national dish feijoada from brothers Andre and Anderson, and he discovers the delicate flavours of a traditional Bangladeshi korma as he joins Enam and his family to celebrate Eid.
Episode 5
Sharing Plates
29 mins
Nigel's delicious tour of modern British home cooking takes in iconic dishes that bring people together. He heads to Trowbridge, Britain's largest Moroccan community outside London, to discover the charm that draws Moroccan families around a traditional Lamb Tagine.
Episode 6
Noodles
29 mins
Nigel's tour of modern British home cooking explores the flair and flamboyance of noodles, from his own rustic take on old-fashioned spaghetti bolognese to the German art of noodle making from scratch, which Steffi shows him using a traditional spaetzle board.