Winner of the Fortnum & Mason Debut Food Book of the Year Award 2020
At the moment her mother died,Olivia Potts was baking a cake,badly. She was trying to impress the man who would later become her husband.
Afterwards,grief pushed Olivia into the kitchen. She came home from her job as a criminal barrister miserable and tired,and baked soda bread,pizza,and chocolate banana cake. Her cakes sank and her custard curdled. But she found comfort in jams and solace in pies,and what began as a distraction from grief became a way of building a life outside grief,a way of surviving,and making sense of her life without her mum.
And so she concocted a plan: she would begin a newer,happier life,filled with fewer magistrates and more macaroons. She left the bar and enrolled on the Diplome de Patisserie at Le Cordon Bleu,plunging headfirst into the eccentric world of patisserie,with all its challenges,frustrations and culinary rewards - and a mind-boggling array of knives to boot.
Interspersed with recipes ranging from passionfruit pavlova to her mother's shepherd's pie,this is a heart-breaking,hilarious,life-affirming memoir about dealing with grief,falling in love and learning how to bake a really,really good cake.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241380468Number of pages: 368Weight: 255 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 22 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'An utterly beautiful,moving,bittersweet book on love and loss. I loved it'- Dolly Alderton
'A heart-warming book about death and new beginnings that will delight cake lovers; it manages to be moving,funny and mouth-watering in equal measure - a difficult literary confection to master'- The Guardian
'I laughed,I cried,I baked gingerbread biscuits. Potts is a writer who clasps you to her floury bosom and wraps you in your apron strings. There is wit and warmth on every page. This is a book of courage,consolation and more custard than you can shake a whisk at'- Laura Freeman,The Times
'Potts writes powerfully about the nature of grief,yet she has the lightest of touches with her sensuous descriptions of food. A delightful read - and there are some terrific recipes in it,too'- The Daily Mail
'Uplifting...tender'-i
'An utterly beautiful,moving,bittersweet book on love and loss. I loved it'- Dolly Alderton
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