The art of Baking Blind

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Call Number: Fiction / Vaughan, Sarah
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Vaughan, Sarah	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Vaughan, Sarah	4-week checkout	On Shelf

"There are many reasons to bake: to feed; to create; to impress; to nourish; to define ourselves; and, sometimes, it has to be said, to perfect. But often we bake to fill a hunger that would be better filled by a simple gesture from a dear one. We bake to love and be loved. In 1966, Kathleen Eaden, cookbook writer and wife of a supermarket magnate, published The Art of Baking, her guide to nurturing a family by creating the most exquisite pastries, biscuits and cakes. Now, five amateur bakers are competing to become the New Mrs. Eaden. There's Jenny, facing an empty nest now that her family has flown; Claire, who has sacrificed her dreams for her daughter; Mike, trying to parent his two kids after his wife's death; Vicki, who has dropped everything to be at home with her baby boy; and Karen, perfect Karen, who knows what it's like to have nothing and is determined her facade shouldn't slip. As unlikely alliances are forged and secrets rise to the surface, making the choicest pastry seems the least of the contestants' problems. For they will learn--as as Mrs. Eaden did before them--that while perfection is possible in the kitchen, it's very much harder in life"-- Provided by publisher.

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Formulaic submitted by willow on July 20, 2015, 7:20pm This book kind of follows the formula for such books, and the judges bear a fair amount of resemblance to Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood of The Great British Bake Off. There are too many characters to keep track of, leaving some of them reduced to stock stereotypes, and they have the usual problems. The author also shows some confusion about baking and food. It may be fun summer reading if you like reading about baking.

Warning: the book contains several graphic descriptions of a miscarriage and the emotional roller coaster of infertility, and would likely be upsetting for anyone sensitive to blood or personally affected by infertility.

meh submitted by smgop on July 26, 2016, 7:14pm Had to put it down when I couldn't stand it any more.

I liked it submitted by Judeyblu on July 29, 2016, 9:07pm I think the characters are developed enough to carry your interest.
If you like Jane Green, I think you'll like this story, too.

as submitted by kscapellie on July 13, 2020, 4:46pm good developed skills