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Toast
by Slater, Nigel
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0007241828
- ISBN 13
- 9780007241828
- Seller
-
Devizes, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Harper Perennial, 2007-02-04. First Edition. paperback. Very Good. 17 to 19 cm tall (12mo). First Edition, first impression. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- M Godding Books Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 248041
- Title
- Toast
- Author
- Slater, Nigel
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0007241828
- ISBN 13
- 9780007241828
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2007-02-04
- Size
- 17 to 19 cm tall (12mo)
- X weight
- 6 oz
Terms of Sale
M Godding Books Ltd
Paypal, Credit Cards, Books ship within 24 hours of the order, either first class within the UK, or airmail worldwide. Returns accepted on items that do not, within reason, meet the description.
About the Seller
M Godding Books Ltd
Biblio member since 2006
Devizes, Wiltshire
About M Godding Books Ltd
The business trades in a variety of on-line products. Our business is currently expanding its already large collection of books, and other media. Established in 2005, the business became M Godding Ltd in April 2006. It is a family run business trading from Devizes in Wiltshire, England. It aims for satisfied customers through a friendly and efficient service. Our book shop specialises in rare, older used books including many first editions
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