{"product_id":"life-is-what-you-bake-it-recipes-stories-and-inspiration-to-bake-your-way-to-the-top-a-baking-book-9780593137680","title":"Life Is What You Bake It: Recipes, Stories, and Inspiration to Bake Your Way to the Top: A Baking Book","description":"\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE TEN BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e - ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eFood Network, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTime Out, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGlamour, Taste of Home, Southern Living, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"As much about a collection of recipes that makes your mouth water and tugs at your heart with food memories as it is about the chronicles and life lessons of a true comeback kid.\"--Carla Hall \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePopular baking personality and lawyer turned baker Vallery Lomas debuts her first baking book celebrating more than 100 recipes for everything from Apple Cider Fritters to Lemon-Honey Madeleines and Crawfish Hand Pies to her Grandma's Million Dollar Cake. Vallery shares heirloom family recipes from her native Louisiana, time spent in Paris, \u003ci\u003eThe Great American Baking Show\u003c\/i\u003e (which she famously won!), and of course sweets and breads inspired by her adopted hometown, New York City. Vallery's \"when life gives you lemons, make lemon curd\" philosophy will empower legions of bakers and fans to find their inner warrior and bake their best life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLife Is What You Bake It\u003c\/i\u003e is not only a collection of recipes but also an empowering book that shows us there's often more possible than we can even imagine.\"--Julia Turshen, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSimply Julia, \u003c\/i\u003e host of \u003ci\u003eKeep Calm and Cook On\u003c\/i\u003e podcast, and founder of Equity at the Table \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVallery Lomas\u003c\/b\u003e is the winner of \u003ci\u003eThe Great American Baking Show\u003c\/i\u003e and the first Black winner of the Great British Bake Off franchise. She hosts the digital show \u003ci\u003eVallery Bakes Your Questions\u003c\/i\u003e on Food Network's website and the Food Network Kitchen app. She has also appeared on CNN, the \u003ci\u003eToday \u003c\/i\u003eshow, \u003ci\u003eLive with Kelly \u0026amp; Ryan, \u003c\/i\u003e the History Channel, and the Hallmark Channel. Originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Vallery attended college and law school in Los Angeles, practiced law in Washington D.C., and spent a gap year in Paris--where she perfected both her French and pastry skills--before settling in Harlem. She is a frequent columnist and recipe contributor to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Clarkson Potter Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50671494627602,"sku":"9780593137680","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8e889169-018a-49b2-85a4-5a328b555bef.jpg?v=1733802443","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/life-is-what-you-bake-it-recipes-stories-and-inspiration-to-bake-your-way-to-the-top-a-baking-book-9780593137680","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}