Every weekend for thirty years I have sat at my kitchen table and written a column for The Observer. Part recipe journal, part kitchen chronical, each story has, at its heart, a recipe I have cooked during the week that I feel I would like to share. Here is a selection of those columns, personal, practical, often a little eccentric, an archive of recipes and journalism from the Guardian website. 🌿 Denotes recipes without meat or fish.  🌿🌿 Denotes vegan recipes or those that can be easily veganised with a suitable substitute ingredient. Recipes are developed in collaboration with James Thompson.

Text and website photographs copyright Nigel Slater.