{"product_id":"9781797227214","title":"Will This Make You Happy - Stories \u0026 Recipes from a Year of Baking (Hardback)","description":"“\u003ci\u003eWill This Make You Happy\u003c\/i\u003e is an ode to the wild pleasures of transformation . . . I gulped it down, eager for every last crumb.”\u003cb\u003e—Leslie Jamison, bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Make it Scream, Make it Burn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Beautiful—smart, funny and effortlessly lyrical.” \u003cb\u003e—Ruby Tandoh, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eCook As You Are\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “This is an entirely different kind of cookbook, one that makes you want to curl up and read cover to cover. I loved it.”\u003cb\u003e—Sohla El-Waylly, James Beard Award winner and author of the bestselling cookbook \u003ci\u003eStart Here\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of Nora Ephron and Nigel Slater, this hybrid memoir and cookbook brings together over fifty inventive baking recipes with a lyrical coming-of-age story about desire and dessert. Perfect for home cooks, lovers of literature, and anyone who finds comfort in the kitchen.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTanya Bush is adrift in the uncertainty of her early twenties—unemployed, uninspired, and stuck in a long-term relationship that's lost its spark. One day, just to do something, she decides to bake a cake. It's gooey in the center, woefully underbaked, an absolute disaster—but it also reminds her of the pleasures of baking: sugar crystals under her fingernails, flour in her hair, and the hard-earned satisfaction of following the steps of a recipe to the end.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Over the course of a year, Tanya embarks on a journey that carries her from her tiny apartment to the sunlit kitchens of an Italian \u003ci\u003eagriturismo\u003c\/i\u003e to the basement of a bustling Brooklyn bakery, where she rediscovers her appetite for pleasure, indulgence, and meaningful work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A culinary memoir and love story, interwoven with over fifty innovative and approachable baking recipes, \u003ci\u003eWill This Make You Happy \u003c\/i\u003eis for readers and bakers looking for something messier, more experimental, and honest than the typical aspirational cookbook.","brand":"Chronicle Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47584034750715,"sku":"9781797227214","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0480\/7327\/7605\/files\/9781797227214.jpg?v=1779969575","url":"https:\/\/abramsandchronicle.co.uk\/products\/9781797227214","provider":"Abrams \u0026 Chronicle Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}