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|title=Toast: the Story of a Boy's Hunger

|author=Nigel Slater

|date=September 2003

|isbn=1841152897

|website=http://www.nigelslater.com/

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Nigel Slater trained as a chef and then became a food writer. He's one of my heroes: he taught me to cook, you see. I have to credit Delia Smith with teaching me to prepare food, but Elizabeth David, Jane Grigson and Nigel Slater taught me about loving good food, adapting recipes and using quality ingredients. I read him each week in The Observer and I've got a file full of cuttings as well as most of his books.

The book's recommended to buy. I bought the hardback version and I'm glad that I did as it's a book that I'll dip into time and again. My husband has just read it and is currently re-reading it! If you do buy the hardback, have a look at the photo of Nigel's father on the back of the cover and compare it with current photos of Nigel. I've rarely seen such a striking resemblance between father and son!

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