• Eating for England

  • The Delights and Eccentricities of the British at Table
  • By: Nigel Slater
  • Narrated by: Nigel Slater
  • Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (47 ratings)

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Eating for England

By: Nigel Slater
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The British have a relationship with their food that is unlike that of any other country. Once something that was never discussed in polite company, it is now something with which the nation is obsessed. But are we at last developing a food culture, or are we just going through the motions?

Eating for England is an entertaining, detailed, and somewhat tongue-in-cheek observation of the British and their food, their cooking, their eating, and how they behave in restaurants, with chapters on, amongst other things, dinner parties, funeral teas, Indian restaurants, dieting, and eating while under the influence. Written in Nigel Slater's trademark readable style, Eating for England highlights our idiosyncratic attitude towards the fine art of dining.

©2007 Nigel Slater (P)2007 HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, London, UK
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A Must-Hear!

I will never read a Nigel Slater book, now that I have heard two! Not all books are well-served by being spoken, but this one - with its brief, self-contained food essays - is very enjoyable as one races around the track or (even more so) walks to the local deli. Slater's dry sardonic wit (a perfect example is his deconstruction of the trifle) is amplified when the author delightfully reads his own work.

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Delicious

Not as enjoyable as his previous book Toast - but just because Toast told a story - this is just collection of food essays. They are well written and entertainig - will make you want to run out to an import food store and try a few new items - as I did. Start with Toast though. Toast will help you understand how Nigel came to be.

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English biscuits enumerated

Oh dear, I do like Nigel Slater: his previous books on Audible have been good reads (Toast, among them), and he reads them himself, which is always charming. The problem with this volume is that many of the products mentioned in his chapters have not made it across the water---or at least not to the U.S.---so fairly often you really don't know what he's talking about. On the other hand, if you are an English biscuit aficionado, you'll find the book delightful and should buy it immediately.

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