{"product_id":"a-thousand-feasts-a-new-memoir-on-how-to-find-joy-in-food-travel-and-gardening-by-nigel-slater","title":"A Thousand Feasts: Small Moments of Joy ... a Memoir of Sorts by Nigel Slater","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"mb-2 mt-4 font-display font-semimedium text-base first:mt-0 md:text-lg [hr+\u0026amp;]:mt-4\" id=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Thousand Feasts: Small Moments of Joy ... a Memoir of Sorts by Nigel Slater\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003eLife's greatest treasures are often the smallest ones—moments so fleeting, so seemingly insignificant that they pass unnoticed by most of us. Yet for award-winning writer Nigel Slater, these ephemeral pleasures are the very substance of a life well-lived. For years, he has kept notebooks of curiosities and wonderings, penned 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. Within these pages are the small moments, events and happenings that gave pleasure before they vanished—a mango eaten in monsoon rain, a dish of restorative macaroni cheese, the scent of freshly picked sweet peas, the sound of water breathing at night. A butterfly settling on a carpet. The act of packing a suitcase. Miso soup for breakfast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003eThis exquisitely written collection of notes, memoir, stories and observations is a celebration of the beauty hidden in plain sight. Funny, sharply observed and utterly joyful, \u003cem\u003eA Thousand Feasts\u003c\/em\u003e is a secular book of hours—a meditation on the good bits of life that nourish the soul. Nigel Slater's prose is the rarest delicacy: exquisite yet effortless, filled with heart, tenderness, yearning and humour. \"I loved this. It is a secular book of hours—thoughts and pleasures beautifully cadenced and generously placed.\" — Edmund de Waal. \"Nigel Slater has a magical capacity to find beauty in the smallest moments. A nourishing, sustaining book.\" — Olivia Laing. \"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. An instant #1 \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller, this is a book for anyone who believes that noticing—and taking pleasure in—the seemingly insignificant is a good way to live.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Literary Cat Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52865288536328,"sku":"9780008670788","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0967\/7688\/0392\/files\/9780008670788.jpg?v=1764019714","url":"https:\/\/literarycatbooks.myshopify.com\/products\/a-thousand-feasts-a-new-memoir-on-how-to-find-joy-in-food-travel-and-gardening-by-nigel-slater","provider":"Literary Cat Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}