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Toast - The Story of a Boy's Hunger (Paperback, Film tie-in ed)
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Toast - The Story of a Boy's Hunger (Paperback, Film tie-in ed)
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To coincide with the release of a major film adaptation, a new
edition of Nigel Slater's much-loved and acclaimed memoir. 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.
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