{"product_id":"toast-9781592401611","title":"Toast","description":"\u003cb\u003eToast\u003c\/b\u003e 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....\u003cp\u003eHis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bestseller (more than 300,000 copies sold) and award-winner in the UK, \u003cb\u003eToast\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003cb\u003eTender at the Bone\u003c\/b\u003e and Anthony Bourdain’s \u003cb\u003eKitchen Confidential\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":62249938747779,"sku":"9781592401611","price":27.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9781592401611.jpg?v=1785417139","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/toast-9781592401611","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}