London: Harper Perennial. Good+. 2004. Reprint; Second Printing. Paperback. Some heavy reading and cover creases, some shelf and edge wear with small split to base of spine, endpapers heavily foxed with light foxing to edges of reading block. ; Second printing of Harper Perenniale paperback edition, 2004. Good reading copy, no names inside. Cover photo uncredited. ; 256 pages; Autobiography of a childhood remembered through food. Whether recalling his mothers surprisingly good rice pudding, his fathers 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. .

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Toast is Nigel Slater's truly extraordinary story of a childhood remembered through food. In each chapter, as he takes readers on a tour of the contents of his family's pantry—rice pudding, tinned ham, cream soda, mince pies, lemon drops, bourbon biscuits—we are transported....His mother was a chops-and-peas sort of cook, exasperated by the highs and lows of a temperamental stove, a finicky little son, and the asthma that was to prove fatal. His father was a honey-and-crumpets man with an unpredictable temper. 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 backdrop to this exceptionally moving memoir of childhood, adolescence, and sexual awakening.A bestseller (more than 300,000 copies sold) and award-winner in the UK, Toast is sure to delight both foodies and memoir readers on this side of the pond—especially those who made such enormous successes of Ruth Reichl's Tender at the Bone and Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential.

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Bookseller: Books in Bulgaria (BG)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 33621
Title: Toast The Story of a Boy's Hunger
Author: Slater, Nigel
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Good+
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Reprint; Second Printing
ISBN 10: 1841154717
ISBN 13: 9781841154718
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 2004
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