A Thousand Feasts

PRAISE FOR A THOUSAND FEASTS: Slater is at his best on food and travel: his ability to evoke a culture and a mood (and his food writing by itself does both) is remarkable He is a purveyor of the good life, simplicity, cosiness and warmthSunday Times Slaters greatest talent is making the ordinary extraordinary, showing us how to revel in a ripe fig or a piece of cheese He may worry that he sounds trite and that his musings on diminutive pleasures are trivial, that he hasnt answered any of the big questions about the universe, but as I leave I feel grateful for Slater, the god of small things The Times I loved this. It is a secular book of hours thoughts and pleasures beautifully cadenced and generously placed Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber Eyes Nigel Slater has a magical capacity to find beauty in the smallest moments. A nourishing, sustaining book Olivia Laing, author of The Garden Against Time Nigel Slaters prose is the rarest delicacy of all: exquisite yet effortless, filled with heart, tenderness, yearning and humour. I feel so lucky to exist in a time when Slater is writing about what it is to be alive' Elizabeth Day, author of Friendaholic The granular detail and the passion are obviously signature Slater, but this book feels different: a sort of timeless diary, with its glimpsed, generous offerings to the tired reader, who in days like ours might forget that theres still so much beauty to be had Jessie Burton, author of The Miniaturist Toast brandished food as a weapon. Feasts provides a panacea, allowing the author the boyhood moments he was denied, whether sneaking bites of biscuit batter or fretting in Tokyo under the stern, schoolmistress glare of a disapproving eel lady ephemeral and enriched by pathos Irish Times

Nigel Slater is a bestselling and award-winning author, journalist and television presenter. He has been the food columnist for the Observer for over thirty years and is one of Britains most highly regarded food writers. His memoir Toast won six awards and became a film and stage production. In 2020, he was awarded an OBE for services to cookery and literature. He lives in London.