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Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger (Paperback)

by Nigel Slater (Author)
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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: HarperPerennial (16 April 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1841154717
  • ISBN-13: 978-1841154718
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,903 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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 '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 '[A] touching odyssey through childhood tastes, treats and tortures!' Sunday Times 'Toast is served up with seasoning and flair!Vivid and moving.' Observer


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'This touching memoir proves Nigel Slater's more than a cookery writer. Its emotional impact will strike a chord with many.'
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42 of 45 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Not just for foodies, 17 Nov 2003
This review is from: Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger (Hardcover)
Nigel Slater recounts his childhood with short stories. This book will make you laugh, cry and wince.
Unexpectedly this book contains more descriptions of a teenagers sexual encounters than you might imagine, but in line with all his other books Toast is a really good read with something for everyone.

If you have read his other books and are expecting another mouthwatering description of everything culinary then you are in for a shock as Slater re-lives his childhood.
Only covering his life up untill late teens/early twenties i wizzed through the pages and was left wanting more. Perhaps that is the best sign of a good book.

If you are buying this for a food lover, perhpas someone who has enjoyed Nigel Slater before, go for it, but be aware it doesn't follow completely in his previous books footsteps!

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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Salad cream and hostess trollies - my childhood writ large, 10 Mar 2004
By Sarah Ram (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger (Hardcover)
I laughed at every single page in the opening chapters. The descriptions of growing up in Middle England, with its associated food snobberies are ruthlessly accurate. Perhaps that's why so many of us 30-somethings are obsessed with the latest food innovations - we are desperate to obliterate memories of childhood salads of ham, boiled egg and lettuce leaf.
However, Slater is also tender in his descriptions of his mother and her struggles with her health, and remarkably honest about his relationship with his step mother. Having always admired his food writing, his honesty and directness shine through here, too. But be warned - you may never want to eat in a provincial hotel dining room again, EU regulations or no!
A remarkable tale of growing up from a remarkable personality.
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49 of 54 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Wake up in the morning and all you want is Toast, 24 Sep 2003
By P. D. Fortes Mayer (UK) - See all my reviews
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Page one I was laughing out loud - by spaghetti I had tears of laughter rolling down my cheeks as I read extracts to my wife in between drying my eyes because I was laughing so hard.

The last book that made me laugh out loud was catch 22 - Toast is far easier to read and far more funny.

This book is a splendid multi course feast of events catalogued by food - Nigel you are a master story teller. If you remember your childhood with taste and smell this is the book for you - I'm only glad that we did not have our own Aunt Fanny.

10 out of 10 - you must read this pungent book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Slater made me hunger for more.
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5.0 out of 5 stars a lonely child
Being Dutch I am not familiair with a lot of the sweets and many other products Nigel Slater mentions in this book. Never mind, what a wonderful book this is! Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars one of the best
this is without doubt one of the best books I have ever read.Laugh out loud funny and heartbreakingly sad,I lived every page and couldn't put it down.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A feast of a read
I found this memoir via the medium of food absolutely delightful and often laugh-out-loud funny. But it is also extremely poignant with being in the least sentimental. Terrific!
Published 1 month ago by Gill L.

5.0 out of 5 stars As comforting as hot buttered toast
The fact that the author reads this book makes it an even more soothing listen. Nigel Slater has a way of talking that draws you in and makes you feel as if he is in the room... Read more
Published 3 months ago by S. BOSTON

3.0 out of 5 stars Excellent if slightly disturbing culinary history
On the whole i enjoyed this book, it took me back and reminded me of my foodie past. Some descriptions i could swear were taken directly from my childhood, the Christmas cake... Read more
Published 5 months ago by S. Bruch

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read
Nigel Slater has a unique writing style that I love. This book which is all about his childhood and the food he grew up with makes me laugh and cry, Everyone should read it.
Published 6 months ago by Becky

5.0 out of 5 stars Laugh aloud
I embarrassed myself and my kids by reading this and hence guffawing in a public place! Yes the spaghetti incident and others were not just hysterical, but a trip down memory... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mum R

4.0 out of 5 stars The Life of Pie
Writing your autography in terms of the food you ate is a neat idea, and it was great to read about so many different types of food I remmeber from my youth. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Gifted Writer and Foodie
There is one thing this book will do for you, if nothing else - deliver nostalgia by the bucketload and help you remember those foods we enjoyed back then that are probably too... Read more
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