Toast
The story of a boy’s hunger
Nigel Slater
Fourth Estate
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First published in Great Britain by Fourth Estate in 2003
This edition published by Fourth Estate 2010
Copyright © Nigel Slater 2003
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Source ISBN: 9781841154718
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Version: 2019-04-19
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
‘An ingenious and touching treat’
Times Literary Supplement Books of the Year
‘Toast follows a recipe – boyhood blues without bitterness – that looks simple yet is actually hard to pull off. Slater manages it’
Guardian
‘Delightful…singular and original’
Evening Standard
‘The genius of his food writing comes from an obvious belief that food and happiness share the same organ in the brain’
LYNNE TRUSS, Sunday Times
‘A banquet of unlikely delectations…England’s answer to Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential’
Daily Telegraph
‘Proves he can write mouth-wateringly about families and life too: I gobbled it up’
Daily Telegraph Books of the Year
For Digger, Magrath and Poppywith love
In memory of Elvie 1902–2002
Contents
Dedication
Sweets, Ices, Rock and Politics