Jonathan Self is toast-mad. He comes from a long line of people who are also toast-mad. So who better to ask about how to make the perfect slice of toast?
Challah bread, toasted, lightly buttered with a smoked salmon, caper and ground-pepper topping and a squirt of lemon juice (my maternal grandmother). Thin wholemeal bread with its crusts cut off, toasted, imperceptibly buttered, cut into strips (or toast soldiers) and served with a boiled egg (my paternal…
