Description
| Product ID: | 9780241380468 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | A Half Baked Idea |
| Subtitle: | Winner of the Fortnum & Mason’s Debut Food Book Award |
| Authors: | Author: Olivia Potts |
| Page Count: | 368 |
| Subjects: | Memoirs, Memoirs, Cultural studies: food and society, Coping with / advice about death and bereavement, Cookery dishes and courses: desserts, Baking, Food & society, Coping with death & bereavement, Desserts, Cakes, baking, icing & sugarcraft |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating WINNER OF THE FORTNUM & MASON'S DEBUT FOOD BOOK AWARD'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 _____________________________________________________Olivia Potts' mother died when she just twenty-five. Stricken with grief, she did something life changing and rather ridiculous: she gave up a high-flying legal career to study at the notoriously difficult Le Cordon Bleu, despite not being able to cook. No one ever told Olivia you couldn't bake your way to happiness - but could you?_______________________________________________ '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'Funny, sharp and sad. I laughed so much (and I cried)' Ella Risbridger, author of Midnight Chicken'An honest, brave and funny account of what it is to love, to lose love and how to make macarons' Red WINNER OF THE FORTNUM & MASON''S DEBUT FOOD BOOK AWARD |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-07-30 |