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The Four Winds and coffee tres leches cake
The book: The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah Genre: Fiction Publication date: The bake: Coffee tres leches cake with dalgona cream What’s the story? This book really touched my heart – I can’t…
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A Christmas Carol and mince pie cookies
The book: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Genre: Classic Publication date: 1843 The bake: Mince pie cookies What’s the story? It’s been a long year, and I’ve been consumed with the mundanities…
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Challah bread for The Choice
The book: The Choice by Edith Eger Genre: Memoir Published: 2017 The bake: Challah bread What’s the story? This is the story of an incredible woman, Edith Eger who survived Auschwitz and is…
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Beer bread for The Lady Brewer
The book: The Lady Brewer of London by Karen Brooks Genre: Historical fiction Published: 2014 The bake: Beer bread with cheese, bacon and herbs What’s the story? I must admit, I judged this…
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A (fishy) detour to Delft in Midnight Blue
The book: Midnight Blue, set in the city of Delft, by Simone van der Vlugt Genre: Historical fiction Published: 2016 The bake: Crispy haddock fishcakes What’s the story? Midnight Blue is both the…
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On Persuasion’s rocky road to love
The book: Persuasion by Jane Austen Genre: Romance Novel First published: 1817, six months after the death of its author The bake: Chocolate Rocky Road What’s the story? This is one of Jane…
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How I went from a journalist to blogging about reading and baking
Like so many thousands of people worldwide, my life was completely changed by the outbreak of Covid-19. At the beginning of 2020, I was the lifestyle editor and specialist food writer of one…
A blog about the books I love and the recipes they inspire me to create.
