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Description edit
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... read more
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First Sentence edit
MY MOTHER IS SCRAPING a piece of burned toast out of the kitchen window, a crease of annoyance across her forehead.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in World Book Night Titles 2011. (authoritative list)
This is book 2 of 7 in Tesco Biography of the Year. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Nigel Slater (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Country: England
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 1841152897
Page Count: 247
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Country: England
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 1841152897
Page Count: 247
Awards edit
- Tesco Biography of the Year (2004, #1)
- James Beard Foundation Book Award (Finalist, 2005: Writing on Food)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 641.3
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