Toast: Homage to a Superfood [Hardcover]

How to crack a safe, escape from Alcatraz, get the girl and live the action hero's life. This handbook comes from the creators of The Worst Case Scenario Handbook. The book of the internet phenomenon www.framley.co.uk - a spoof of a local newspaper which quickly became a favourite when it appeared online last year.

We laughed a lot. It is the sort of thing The Wife would buy me for Christmas.

'what seems like a seriously daft idea turns out to be a crunchy page-turner, helped along no end by witty writing from Parker... weird, but fun.'

It's a book for students really, but quite good fun nevertheless.

The definitive work on the subject.

More toast is eaten in this country than any other food, yet it has been shunned by recipe books and ignored by history. "Toast" is here to set the record straight. Funnier than Delia Smith, and with more recipes than "Longitude", "Toast" tells you everything you could possibly want to know about the nation's favourite fast food: learn why the Victorians thought toast-flavoured water was good for your health, marvel at Mrs Beton's "toast sandwich" (a piece of toast between to slices of bread) and get needlessley embroiled in the Great Marmite Debate. With over 30 recipes, "Toast" takes a satirical look at our fondness with the greatest of British fast foods.

Nick Parker has been involved with food all his life, mainly through eating meals. He lives in London with a toaster. This is his first book.