Paper Palate

This month it’s the biggest issue ever (apparently, although I swear that’s the case at least once a year!) and there’s certainly a fair bit of space given to the OFM’s editor, Nigel Slater, who has released a new book, Eating for England. While a few recipes, such as baked rice pudding with clotted cream and poaced damsons and sausage and two root mash, are featured, there’s also a very considerable extract from the book. With a follow up chunk in next Sunday’s paper, you’ll certainly be able to make up your mind whether or not you want to buy the book.

Aside from Nigel Slater, there are also recipes from Spain’s “traditional cooking bible,” which has just been translated into English. Dishes like sea bream baked with garlic, parsley and vinegar, or ‘important’ potatoes might not sound quintessentially Spanish but the book, and the collection of recipes published in the OFM, promise a genuine touch of Spain.

The seasonal food section contains recipes from across the globe: brussels sprouts with pancetta and chestnuts, a red curry of roasted autumn vegetables, or even the tasty, but very simple, smoky sausage and bean casserole, which was whipped up for Sunday supper.

There’s a large architecture and food special (perhaps not the most natural of pairings) where architects discuss their favourite restaurants - both food and style wise.

Monty Panesar’s diet gets a makeover, and Nicholas Hoult takes OFM to his favourite restaurant, Nando’s. The magazine wraps up with cakes - Britain’s best cake shops, before Gary Rhodes takes a whirl around the supermarket and picks out the best commercially and widely available numbers.

It seems like there’s fewer recipes this month, but you can’t really complain when the space is given over to Nigel Slater’s evocative writing. Even without the cooking, there’s plenty to keep you going until the end of October.

Eating for England is being released on 1 October with an RRP of £16.99, available on pre-order from Amazon UK.