The Bookworm Bakes

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  • The Four Winds and coffee tres leches cake

    The Bookworm / September 15, 2023

    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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  • delft fishcakes midnight blue

    A (fishy) detour to Delft in Midnight Blue

    The Bookworm / January 16, 2021

    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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  • chocolate rocky road

    On Persuasion’s rocky road to love

    The Bookworm / January 9, 2021

    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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  • reading and baking are my two passions

    How I went from a journalist to blogging about reading and baking

    The Bookworm / January 4, 2021

    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…

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About

The Bookworm Bakes is all about food and book pairing - each book I review is paired with a recipe inspired by the story, characters or theme of the book.  Continue Reading...

Recent Posts

  • The Four Winds and coffee tres leches cake
  • Speak sweetly like apple tart
  • Chai scones for The Alice Network
  • Polenta cake for Where the Crawdads Sing
  • A Christmas Carol and mince pie cookies

Currently Reading

Want you dead – Peter James

The Birdcage – Eve Chase

Constance – Rosie Thomas

The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Private Patient – PD James

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