A Thousand Feasts: Small Moments of Joy ... a Memoir of Sorts by Nigel Slater
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A Thousand Feasts: Small Moments of Joy ... a Memoir of Sorts by Nigel Slater
Life'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.
This 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, A Thousand Feasts 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 Sunday Times bestseller, this is a book for anyone who believes that noticing—and taking pleasure in—the seemingly insignificant is a good way to live.
Publisher: 4th Estate
Date Published: 25/09/2025
ISBN: 9780008670788
Number of pages: 384
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