Review: Sweet and Vicious: Baking With Attitude

Libbie Summers sounds like my kinda gal. Her advice at the beginning of the book is be fearless, be inspired, be creative, and most importantly, have fun. The subtitle of this recipe book is Baking With Attitude and I have to say I like anyone that does anything with attitude. It is an approach I…

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This Sunday is World Baking Day!

This Sunday, May 19th, is an auspicious day for all home bakers – it’s World Baking Day! The campaign started last year, and I shall be baking something myself this year. Last year’s event kickstarted a hashtag on twitter, #caking. The idea was that you baked a cake, placed it somewhere interesting and tweeted a…

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Review: John Whaite Bakes

Anyone who watched last year’s Great British Bake Off on BBC2 will be familiar with John Whaite. Born in Manchester, John actually completed the final year of this law degree while filming GBBO, then went on to win the competition. His passion for baking is evident on each page of this book. I think this…