Let Me Eat Cake

by Paul Arnott

Published 11 January 2007
When Paul Arnott was a boy his mother gave him sugar and melted butter for a sore throat; his first love was Tate & Lyle's Golden Syrup. A collector of sweet sensations, he has sampled Vienna's many sachertortes, taken tea at Buckingham Palace and visited Hershey, the town built by the chocolate magnate. But this is also the story of a man who has grown horizontally and begun to wobble at the sides - a fact that led to a season as Father Christmas. Yet Paul feels no regret: LET ME EAT CAKE is a memoir celebrating the experiences that caused every extra pound.