A movie about celebrated food writer Nigel Slater's childhood looks at the connection between food and emotion.
Nigel Slater's award-winning memoir, Toast, has been made into a feature film about the famous food writer's childhood. Photo / Supplied
Nigel Slater's award-winning memoir, Toast, has been made into a feature film about the famous food writer's childhood.
 
If your lover likes to throw together a stir-fry on the spur of the moment, does this mean they're wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am in bed? If they're inclined to get all creative with that fry-up, tossing strange herbs and unusual spices into the mix, does this mean they want to engage in odd erotic antics? Because after all, there is a connection between food and sensuality.

British food writer and culinary celebrity Nigel Slater once said that "people who are good cooks are often good in bed". And Slater, who doesn't give a lot of interviews, at the time of writing is helping to promote a film about his childhood. Called Toast it's based on his award-winning 2005 memoirs with the same name and it delves deep into the links between love and edibles. So, yes, who better to ask about the connection between sex and food?
"Did I say that?," a bemused Slater retorts, looking just a tiny bit uncomfortable as he leans back on plush upholstery in one of Berlin's finest hotels, the Adlon Kempinski.

Full story at New Zealand Herald.


* Toast the movie is due for release in New Zealand later this year. Meantime I can warmly recommend the book, TOAST, quite simply wonderful. Publisher - Harper Collins.