Grace Dent
Born
in Carlisle, The United Kingdom
October 03, 1973
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Hungry
8 editions
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published
2020
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Trainers V. Tiaras (Diary of a Chav, #1)
23 editions
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published
2007
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Comfort Eating: What We Eat When Nobody's Looking
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How to Leave Twitter
8 editions
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published
2011
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It's a Girl Thing (LBD #1)
22 editions
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published
2000
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Posh and Prejudice (Diary of a Chav, #2)
18 editions
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published
2007
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Too Cool for School (Diary of a Chav, #3)
5 editions
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published
2007
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Poor Little Rich Girl (Diary of a Snob, #1)
4 editions
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published
2009
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Ibiza Nights (Diary of a Chav, #4)
6 editions
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published
2008
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Live & Fabulous! (LBD #2)
17 editions
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published
2004
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“No, the rules of sneaking into upper-class spaces and passing as posh were much more nuanced; it was a spurious cocktail of bluffing and well-timed name-dropping, mixed with an air of pseudo-effortless confidence and sometimes, when faced with someone who was trying to impress you, giving”
― Hungry: The Highly Anticipated Memoir from One of the Greatest Food Writers of All Time
― Hungry: The Highly Anticipated Memoir from One of the Greatest Food Writers of All Time
“The longer I lived in London, the further the gap grew between my tastes and theirs. And the more bewildered they were by my life choices. They were politely bewildered by my choice to get married in Vegas, wearing a forty-quid Laura Ashley tea frock, using witnesses”
― Hungry: The Highly Anticipated Memoir from One of the Greatest Food Writers of All Time
― Hungry: The Highly Anticipated Memoir from One of the Greatest Food Writers of All Time
“If whelk is the first name on the list, it will almost definitely be course number one â€� unless the chef sends out three or four unadvertised courses beforehand, boosting the eight-course lunch up to twelve. I realise that nowadays almost all five-course tasting menus are actually around eight courses, because the chef will send ‘palate cleansersâ€� and ‘amuse-bouchesâ€� and ‘snacksâ€� and ‘extra coursesâ€�. This will seem generous but is actually just the restaurant buying time â€� a bit like when you go to a Beyoncé gig and three of the tracks are videos of her daughter at a family party, which is really cute, but it’s just filler so Beyoncé can sit down and change her wig.”
― Hungry: The Highly Anticipated Memoir from One of the Greatest Food Writers of All Time
― Hungry: The Highly Anticipated Memoir from One of the Greatest Food Writers of All Time
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