{"product_id":"9780008670740","title":"A Thousand Feasts: Small Moments of Joy ... A Memoir of Sorts","description":"Author: Nigel Slater\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780008670740\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 30 Oct 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 368 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom award-winning writer Nigel Slater, comes a new and exquisitely written collection of notes, memoir, stories and small moments of joy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Nigel Slater’s prose is the rarest delicacy of all: exquisite yet effortless, filled with heart, tenderness, yearning and humour' ELIZABETH DAY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor years, Nigel Slater has kept notebooks of curiosities and wonderings, penned while at his kitchen table, soaked in a fisherman’s hut in Reykjavik, sitting calmly in a moss garden in Japan or sheltering from a blizzard in a Vienna Konditorei.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are the small moments, events and happenings that gave pleasure before they disappeared. Miso soup for breakfast, packing a suitcase for a trip and watching a butterfly settle on a carpet, hiding in plain sight. He gives short stories of feasts such as a mango eaten in monsoon rain or a dish of restorative macaroni cheese and homes in on the scent of freshly picked sweet peas and the sound of water breathing at night in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis funny and sharply observed collection of the good bits of life, often things that pass many of us by, is utter joy from beginning to end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘I loved this. It is a secular book of hours – thoughts and pleasures beautifully cadenced and generously placed’ Edmund de Waal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Nigel Slater has a magical capacity to find beauty in the smallest moments. A nourishing, sustaining book’ Olivia Laing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘His evocative, uplifting observations are a balm for life: a prose-poem for eaters and a spiritual companion for thoughtful cooks. A true and enduring joy’ Nigella Lawson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘You can’t always feel buoyant and grateful but noticing – and getting pleasure from – the seemingly insignificant is a good way to live. As he says, feel the “small moments of joy”’ Diana Henry\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46552463474846,"sku":"HPC-9780008670740","price":39.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780008670740.jpg?v=1771907858","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780008670740","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}