Stranger Than: Toast - The Story Of A Boy's Hunger by Nigel Slater, ISBN 9780007241828

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'Toast' is Nigel Slater's truly extraordinary story of a childhood remembered through food. Whether relating his mother's ritual burning of the toast, his father's dreaded Boxing Day stew or such culinary highlights as Arctic Roll and Grilled Grapefruit (then considered somehting of a status symbol in Wolverhampton) this remarkable memoir vividly recreates daily life in sixties surburban England.

His mother was a chops and peas sort of cook, exasperated by the highs and lows of a temperamental AGA, a finicky little son and the asthma that was to prove fatal. His father was a honey and crumpets man who could occasionally go off 'crack' like a gun. 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 and amusing backdrop to this incredibly moving and deliciously evocative memoir of childhood, adolescence and sexual awakening.

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About the Author: Nigel Slater

Nigel is a cook who writes. He has been the food columnist for The Observer for eighteen years and is presenter of BBC1's Simple Cooking. Author of seven cookery books, including Appetite and The Kitchen Diaries, his latest is the two-volume Tender. The film of his childhood memoir Toast, starring Freddie Highmore and Helena Bonham Carter, was shown at Christmas on BBC1 and at the Berlin Film Festival. The film premiers in New York this summer and will be shown at the Taipei Film Festival.

Author, columnist and broadcaster, he remains very much an amateur cook. Nigel is not a chef and has no restaurant or commercial connections. His food is understated, handcrafted home cooking that is easy to accomplish and without a trace of what he affectionately calls 'celebrity cheffery'. He is not fond of fussy food and prefers simple suppers made with care and thought. He believes that making something good to eat for your self or for others can lift the spirits in the way little else can.

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