On and off, I've tended to read quite a bit. So, I thought I'd put up some reviews of books as I read them. In time, I may go back and add reviews of some of the books I read in the past. Not massively exciting, but I suppose it may be of interest to someone, somewhere (perhaps).
Toast - Nigel Slater
I love Nigel Slater's cookery, which could either be described as 'blokey food' or 'minimal effort, maximal taste', depending on your point of view. So, Caroline got me his autobiography. This seemed obvious to her, which partly explains why I'll never understand women. Anyway, it's rather good, in a oh-gosh-what-a-depressing-life-in-the-dim-and-distant-past kind of way. It shows the great changes in 'sophistication' and fashion of food over time, revealing the true horror of past food, and making you realise how things are still faddy. As for Nigel's life, which may or may not be exaggerated, suffice to say there are quite a lot of weird people out there, and he comes across as relatively normal given his life. Poor bloke. But there you go.
Permalink. Posted 11:07, Sat, 01 Sep 2007.
There is also a complete index of the books.
Mail me at random.user@arbitrary.name.