THOUSAND FEASTS (PB)

Whether at his own 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, Nigel Slater has kept note of the small things, events and happenings that gave pleasure before disappearing forever. Here he celebrates details like enjoying Miso soup for breakfast, packing a suitcase for a trip and watching a butterfly settle on a carpet and hiding in plain sight – as well as feasts such as a mango eaten in monsoon rain and a dish of restorative macaroni cheese.