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

by Nigel Slater (Author)
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  • Paperback: 247 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: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 7,643 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Hermione Lee, TLS Books of the Year 2003
Nigel Slater's Toast eats its way through a difficult childhood... this is an ingenious and touching treat.'

Sunday Mirror, Best of Christmas Books
'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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47 of 51 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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This review is from: Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger (Hardcover)
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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37 of 40 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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32 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet and sour remembrances, 19 Sep 2003
This review is from: Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger (Hardcover)
Nigel tells us his life story frankly with most of his best and worst remembrances directly associated to loved or hated foods and recipes. His nostalgic descriptions of childhood sweets that have long disappeared or his family's first introduction to 'foreign' food, canned Bolognese sauce slopped onto overcooked spaghetti, will rekindle memories for anyone who is a child of the '50's and '60's. His honesty makes you both chuckle and shed a tear as he takes you back with him to another age of rules, order, class and etiquette. Nigel's book tells that all food, good, bad, adored or despised plays a bigger part in our life than we would credit.
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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 26 days 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 1 month 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 2 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
Published 14 months ago by A. G. Bailey

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
Published 15 months ago by R. Wooldridge

5.0 out of 5 stars It isn't Miz-Lit
This autobiography could so easily have been one of those catalogues of unremitting childhood misery that are a fashionable genre these days. Read more
Published 16 months ago by New Sculptor

5.0 out of 5 stars I liked him!
I have just finished Toast and loved it. I hadn't expected it to be so revealing. Some other critics on this page have called the author an unpleasant snob. Read more
Published 18 months ago by CalMc

5.0 out of 5 stars A tasty read!
Having been recommended to me by a friend, I was unsure at first whether 'Toast' would be my 'cup of tea. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Mrs. N. J. Manchester

4.0 out of 5 stars A sad boy becomes a happy man
I found it difficult to give a rating to this book. The reading, by the author (it's available on CD), and the writing are excellent: five star. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Bluebell

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Memoir
This is Slater's evocation of his childhood through stories of countless meals he has both enjoyed and endured. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Mrs. K. A. Wheatley

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