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4th Estate
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First published in Great Britain by 4th Estate in 2019
Text copyright © Nigel Slater 2019
All recipe photographs © Jonathan Lovekin 2019
Except p. 295 © Nigel Slater 2019
Brushstrokes copyright © Tom Kemp 2019
Nigel Slater asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.
Design by David Pearson
Author photograph by Jenny Zarins
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Source ISBN: 9780008333355
Ebook Edition © March 2019 ISBN: 9780008336622
Version: 2019-03-21
For James
Tom Kemp
Tom Kemp trained as a calligrapher, absorbing the large number of Western scripts written with a quill pen. It was an introduction to the square-edged brush, however, which led to his current work. He studied the heavily-doubted theory that the best classical Roman inscriptions were first written with the brush directly and swiftly on marble; the subsequent carving was just a way of fixing this handwriting in place. Tom rediscovered many of the techniques needed to prove the theory, summarising his findings in a book, Formal Brush Writing, published in 1999. Since then he has taught this Roman calligraphic technique in classes around the world. At the same time, he started to explore the idea of writing itself and began to abstract away from letters and words, resulting in what he calls ‘writing without language’. Seven years ago, he began to learn the craft of pottery which he now uses to make complex, curved porcelain surfaces on which he writes.
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Contents
Introduction
PEAS, PARSLEY, VEGETABLE STOCK
POMEGRANATE, CUCUMBER, PUFFED RICE
RUNNER BEANS, CASHEWS, TOMATOES
SHIITAKE, COCONUT, SOBA NOODLES
RICE, COURGETTES, PICKLED VEGETABLES
AUBERGINE, HONEY, SHEEP’S CHEESE
COURGETTE (OR MARROW), ZA’ATAR, HERB YOGHURT