Toast by Nigel Slater
Top food writer Nigel Slaters 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.
'Acutely observed, poignant and beautifully written…Slater tells his heartbreaking story with great subtletyThe theme of food and love is a fascinating one and I have never seen it better handled.' Daily Telegraph
'Few, if any, food writers engender such affection as Nigel Slater. He evokes time, people and place with…unmatched sensuous energy…Extraordinary.' Observer
'”Toast” is a magnificent reminder of…food in family life.' Lynne Truss, 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
'This book should be treasured for its prose…and for its vision of a world seen through the senses.' Independent on Sunday
Nigel Slater is an award-winning author, journalist and television presenter. He has been the food columnist for the Observer for over thirty years. His collection of bestselling books includes the classics Appetite and The Kitchen Diaries and the two-volume Tender. He has made cookery programmes and documentaries for BBC1, BBC2 and BBC4. His memoir Toast: The Story of a Boy’s Hunger won six major awards and became a film and stage production. His writing has won the James Beard Award, the National Book Award, the Glenfiddich Trophy, the André Simon Memorial Prize, the British Biography of the Year and the Fortnum & Mason Best Food Book. He lives in London. He was awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours in 2020 for services to cookery and literature.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780007241828 |
| ISBN 10 | 0007241828 |
| Title | Toast |
| Author | Nigel Slater |
| Series | Stranger Than! |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2007-02-05 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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