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A Half Baked Idea: Winner of the Fortnum & Mason’s Debut Food Book Award

Autor Olivia Potts
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 25 iul 2019
'A tender and beautifully written tour-de-force on love, grief, hope and cake. If this is not the book of the summer, I will eat my wig. An absolute triumph' THE SECRET BARRISTER

'An utterly beautiful, moving, bittersweet book on love and loss. I loved it' DOLLY ALDERTON
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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 Diplôme de Pâtisserie 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,reallygood cake.
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'Moving, funny and mouth-watering in equal measure- a difficult literary confection to master'Guardian

'There iswit and warmth on every page. This isa book of courage, consolation and more custard than you can shake a whisk at' Laura Freeman,Times
'Alove story, with sadness, humour and tension.Uplifting' Prue Leith,Spectator
'Abrilliant, brave and beautifulbook:funnyand charming; utterlyinspiringand life-affirming' Olivia Sudjic
'Aheart-wrenching yet humorous portrayal of grief, adelicious collection of recipes, aninspirational taleof changing careers, and afeel good love story'Vogue
'Anhonest, braveandfunnyaccount ofwhat it is to love, to lose love and how to make macarons'Red
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780241380451
ISBN-10: 0241380456
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 144 x 222 x 34 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Fig Tree
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Olivia Potts is an award-winning food writer and chef. She read English at the University of Cambridge and practised as a criminal barrister for five years before deciding to leave the bar for a career in food. In 2017, she graduated from Le Cordon Bleu and was awarded the Young British Foodies Fresh Voices in Food Writing Award. She was recently shortlisted for the Fortnum and Masons Cookery Writer of the Year Prze 2019. Now Olivia is the cookery columnist for the Spectator, and also writes for the New Statesman, the Guardian and the Telegraph, among others. A Half Baked Idea is her first book.


Recenzii

Shewriteswith theprecision required of a pastry chef.. .finely observeddescriptions of texture, taste and smell. Alove story,withsadness, humour and tension.Uplifting
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 iswit and warmth on every page. This isa book of courage, consolation and more custard than you can shake a whisk at
Tender. . . filled with the comfort we all seek when dealing with grief
Anhonest, braveandfunnyaccount of what it is to love, to lose love and how to make macarons
I cannot express how much Iadoredthis book. Itmade me laugh, cry, salivateand, on no less than four occasions, resolve to learn patisserie and leave the criminal Bar.Olivia Potts has delivered atenderandbeautifully written tour-de-forceon the four tenets of the human experience;love, grief, hope and cake.If this is not the book of the summer, I will eat my wig. An absolute triumph
A heart-wrenching yet humorous portrayal of grief, a delicious collection of recipes, an inspirational tale of changing careers, and a feel good love story
I loved it so much. It'sfunny, sharp, sadand full of clear observations about food.I laughed so much (and I cried)
Abrilliant,braveandbeautifulbook:funnyandcharming; utterlyinspiringandlife-affirming. I loved it
Pottswrites powerfullyabout the nature of grief, yet she has thelightest of toucheswith her sensuous descriptions of food.A delightful read- and there are some terrific recipes in it, too
Uplifting. . .tender
Anutterly beautiful, moving, bittersweetbook on love and loss.I loved it
Heartbreaking and heartwarming in turns, it's acandidaccount of dealing with bereavement
Anopen-hearted, uproariously funny, moving love story.Itwill make you laugh and cry in equal measure, and fall in love with baking, with eating, and with love itself. Aremarkable book by an enormously talented writer
Honest,humorousand peppered with great recipes
Her writinginspires resilience
There areplenty of laughs, and her unfolding relationship with Sam is ajoy

Descriere

'A tender and beautifully written tour-de-force on love, grief, hope and cake. If this is not the book of the summer, I will eat my wig. An absolute triumph' THE SECRET BARRISTER

'An utterly beautiful, moving, bittersweet book on love and loss. I loved it' DOLLY ALDERTON
_____________________________________________________
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 Diplôme de Pâtisserie 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.
_______________________________________________
'Moving, funny and mouth-watering in equal measure - a difficult literary confection to master' Guardian

'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, Times
'A love story, with sadness, humour and tension. Uplifting' Prue Leith, Spectator
'A brilliant, brave and beautiful book: funny and charming; utterly inspiring and life-affirming' Olivia Sudjic
'A heart-wrenching yet humorous portrayal of grief, a delicious collection of recipes, an inspirational tale of changing careers, and a feel good love story' Vogue
'An honest, brave and funny account of what it is to love, to lose love and how to make macarons' Red