Down The Kitchen Sink: Beverley Nichols

Nichols' steadfast Gaskin has tragically died - and now he must fend for himself. He approaches the culinary arts from scratch, detailing the comic disasters and steep learning curves of basic kitchen management and food preparation - he can barely boil an egg. The book shifts into a touching portrait of Gaskin:  his culinary brilliance, blending a narrative of domestic comfort with the melancholy reflection of his eventual declining health and death.