Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger - Nigel Slater

Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger - Nigel Slater'Remarkable' Observer 'Acutely observed, poignant and beautifully written' Daily Telegraph 'My mother is scraping a piece of burned toast out of the kitchen window, a crease of annoyance across her forehead. This is not an occasional occurrence. My mother burns the toast as surely as the sun rises each morning.' Toastis Nigel Slater's award winning biography of a childhood remembered through food. Whether recalling his mother's surprisingly good rice

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