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Toast: An ode to distinctly British crisp buttered deliciousness – with some true crime thrown in

Toast: An ode to distinctly British crisp buttered deliciousness – with some true crime thrown in

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 We all dream of the perfect piece of hot toast dripping with butter, but is it ever to be had in this world? Suzanne gives Muriel 9-step instructions on how to make it and, by way of Shakespeare and The Wind in the Willows, tells the history of the British quest for perfect toast and the development of toasting forks, toast racks and the toaster. A Frenchman, the chef and inventor Alexis Soyer, is the surprising star of this British story, and 18th-century burglarious felony and a delirious Wikipedia hoax also feature.

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