Alistair Cameron - Coordinator for England of the Slow Food Chef Alliance and Ark of Taste

A professional retailer of food and wine for many years, manager of the Brindisa stall at Borough Market between 2000 and 2006. A keen market shopper and curious cook. A member of the Slow Food movement since 2002, he has regularly attended Salone del Gusto and Terra Madre in Turin, and Cheese in the city of Bra, as a delegate for Slow Food London. Since May 2015 Alistair has acted as Coordinator for England of the Slow Food Chef Alliance and Ark of Taste.

Alistair's favorite cookbooks

The Cookery Year
I've used it for about 40 years, to the extent that it's the Readers Digestonly cookbook I own that the covers fell off.
Keep it Simple
Alastair Little and Richard Whittington
Intelligent, seasonal and fun. Simplicity doesn't go out of fashion.
The Food of Italy
Claudia Roden
Introduced us to the regions of Italy. On Italian holidays, I copy the chapter according to my destination.
The New Book of Middle Eastern Food
Claudia Roden
A scholarly subject, made accessible and fun to read.
Moro
Samuel Clark and Samantha Clark
Introduced us to a new vocabulary of ingredients before "Islamic / Hispanic" became mainstream.
Roast Chicken & Other Stories
Simon Hopkinson and Lindsey Bareham
Practical, opinionated and entertaining. Cookbooks are best when they're a good read.
Classic Game Cookery
Does what it says .....
Les Halles Cookbook
Anthony Bourdain
Bistro classics, fun to read.
Rick Stein's Seafood
Rick Stein
Eminently practical, with step-by-step photos
A Year in my Kitchen
Skye Gyngell
The idea of good ingredients and a "toolbox" of flavours from which you assemble beautiful dishes.

Alistair's favorite cookbooks

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