Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger by Nigel Slater (English) Paperback Book

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TOAST is top food writer Nigel Slater's eat-and-tell autobiography. Detailing all the food, recipes and cooking that have marked his passage from greedy schoolboy to great food writer, this is also a catalogue of how the British have eaten over the last three decades.

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Winner of the British Book Awards Biography of the YearNigel Slater's bestselling memoir of a childhood remembered through food, featuring a new introduction from Elizabeth Day, photographs and an additional final chapter.Whether relating his mother's ritual burning of the toast, his father's dreaded Boxing Day stew or such culinary highlights of the day as Arctic Roll and Grilled Grapefruit (then considered something of a status symbol in Wolverhampton), this incredibly moving and deliciously evocative memoir of childhood, adolescence and sexual awakening vividly recreates daily life in sixties and seventies suburban England.'Wonderful, precise, extraordinary' Guardian'Toast connects emotions, memory and taste buds. Genius' Sunday Times'You read this remarkable memoir partly cringing, partly marvelling at Slater's hallucinogenic retrieval of times past. He is the Proust of the Nesquik era' Independent'Acutely observed, poignant and beautifully written … Slater tells his heartbreaking story with great subtlety' Daily Telegraph

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One of our best-loved food writers recounts his culinary odyssey - from greedy schoolboy to gourmet and Observer food columnist. Details all the food, recipes and cooking as well as cataloguing how the British have eaten over the last three decades. Remarkable food writing which should do as well in paperback as it did in hardback.

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'Toast is a magnificent reminder of...food in family life.' Lynne Truss, Sunday Times 'Moving, funny and finely crafted, it's a real gem' Independent

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'Moving, funny and finely crafted, it's a real gem' Independent

Author Biography

Nigel Slater is one of Britain's most highly regarded food writers. His beautifully written prose, warm personality and unpretentious, easy-to-follow recipes have won him a huge following. He writes an award winning weekly column in the 'Observer' and edits their 'Food Monthly' supplement, and he is a regular contributor to Sainsbury's 'The Magazine'.

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'Acutely observed, poignant and beautifully written…Slater tells his heartbreaking story with great subtlety. The theme of food and love is a fascinating one and I have never seen it better handled' Daily Telegraph'Toast is an astonishing book … [Slater] is a superb writer who can cook sublimely rather than a cook who can write. It is one of the great autobiographies of the past few decades' The Times'Few, if any, food writers engender such affection as Nigel Slater. He evokes time, people and place with…unmatched sensuous energy…Extraordinary' Observer'[A] touching odyssey through childhood tastes, treats and tortures' Sunday Times'A talent for prose as simple and pleasurable as his recipes' Sunday Telegraph'Moving, funny and finely crafted, it's a real gem' Independent'It achieves a remarkable freshness…[and] reveals a gift for doleful, Alan Bennett-like comedy' Guardian'It's bitter-sweet, it's a book to be consumed in a single sitting, a book that slips down really nicely. However you want to put it, Toast is delicious' The Oldie'An ingenious and touching treat' TLS'This touching memoir proves [Slater] is more than a cookery writer. Its emotional impact will touch a chord with many' Sunday Mirror

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'Remarkable' Observer 'Acutely observed, poignant and beautifully written' Daily Telegraph 'My mother is scraping a piece of burned toast out of the kitchen window, a crease of annoyance across her forehead. This is not an occasional occurrence. My mother burns the toast as surely as the sun rises each morning.' Toast is Nigel Slater's award-winning biography of a childhood remembered through food. Whether recalling his mother's surprisingly good rice pudding, his father's bold foray into spaghetti and his dreaded Boxing Day stew, or such culinary highlights as Arctic Roll and Grilled Grapefruit (then considered something of a status symbol in Wolverhampton), this remarkable memoir vividly recreates daily life in 1960s suburban England. Likes and dislikes, aversions and sweet-toothed weaknesses form a fascinating backdrop to Nigel Slater's incredibly moving and deliciously evocative portrait of childhood, adolescence and sexual awakening.

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'Acutely observed, poignant and beautifully written...Slater tells his heartbreaking story with great subtlety. The theme of food and love is a fascinating one and I have never seen it better handled.' Daily Telegraph 'He recreates with moving honesty and laugh-out-loud comedy the hopes and fears of boyhood. Remarkable.' Observer '"Toast" connects emotions, memory and taste buds. Genius.' Lynne Truss, Sunday Times 'A talent for prose as simple and pleasurable as his recipes.' Sunday Telegraph 'Exquisitely written...You read this remarkable memoir partly cringing, partly marvelling at Slater's hallucinogenic retrieval of times past. He is the Proust of the Nesquik era.' Independent 'It achieves a remarkable freshness...[and] reveals a gift for doleful, Alan Bennett-like comedy.' Guardian 'This touching memoir proves [Slater] is more than a cookery writer. Its emotional impact will touch a chord with many.' Sunday Mirror 'Wonderful, precise...extraordinary.' Matthew Fort 'It's bitter-sweet, it's a book to be consumed in a single sitting, a book that slips down really nicely. However you want to put it, "Toast" is delicious.' The Oldie

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The Sunday Times Bestseller, and the biggest memoir of the year, from Britain's best loved food writer. 'Toast' is Nigel Slater's truly extraordinary story of a childhood remembered through food. Whether relating his mother's ritual burning of the toast, his father's dreaded Boxing Day stew or such culinary highlights of the day as Arctic Roll and Grilled Grapefruit (then considered something of a status symbol in Wolverhampton) this remarkable memoir vividly recreates daily life in sixties surburban England. His mother was a chops-and-peas sort of cook, exasperated by the highs and lows of a temperamental AGA, a finicky little son and the asthma that was to prove fatal. His father was a honey-and-crumpets man who could occasionally go off 'crack' like a gun. When Nigel's widowed father takes on a housekeeper with social aspirations and a talent in the kitchen, the following years become a heartbreaking cooking contest for his father's affections. But as he slowly loses the battle, Nigel finds a new outlet for his culinary talents, and we witness the birth of what was to become a lifelong passion for food. Nigel's likes and dislikes, aversions and sweet-toothed weaknesses form a fascinating and amusing backdrop to this incredibly moving and deliciously evocative memoir of childhood, adolescence and sexual awakening. Key title *

Details ISBN1841154717 Author Nigel Slater Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Year 2004 ISBN-10 1841154717 ISBN-13 9781841154718 Format Paperback Imprint HarperPerennial Subtitle The Story of a Boy's Hunger Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 641.5092 Media Book Language English Publication Date 2004-04-16 UK Release Date 2004-04-16 Illustrations (x integrated) Illustrator Villie Karabatzia Birth 1968 Affiliation Bond University Position Associate Director Qualifications Ph.D. Audience General AU Release Date 2004-12-20 NZ Release Date 2004-09-16 Pages 288 Alternative 9780007177684 We've got this

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