Toast

Synopsis

In his childhood, Nigel Slater, one of the country’s favorite cookery writers, consumes cookery books, maybe because his mother has always been a poor cook. He gets on much better with Josh the gardener, with whom he scoffs fresh radishes and pork pies, than with his father. After Nigel's mother death, Mrs. Potter, the new cleaner, enters their lives. Her curvaceous form and her lemon meringue pies bewitch Nigel's father. Only by attending home economics classes, will Nigel have a chance to acquire the skills that will help him trump his adversary and gain his father's attention.