- Published: 25 July 2019
- ISBN: 9780241987643
- Imprint: Penguin Audio
- Format: Audio Download
A Half Baked Idea
Winner of the Fortnum & Mason’s Debut Food Book Award
- Published: 25 July 2019
- ISBN: 9780241987643
- Imprint: Penguin Audio
- Format: Audio Download
An utterly beautiful, moving, bittersweet book on love and loss. I loved it
Dolly Alderton
I loved it so much. It's funny, sharp, sad and full of clear observations about food. I laughed so much (and I cried)
Ella Risbridger, author of Midnight Chicken
An open-hearted, uproariously funny, moving love story. It will make you laugh and cry in equal measure, and fall in love with baking, with eating, and with love itself. A remarkable book by an enormously talented writer
Kate Young, author of The Little Library Cookbook
A brilliant, brave and beautiful book: funny and charming; utterly inspiring and life-affirming. I loved it
Olivia Sudjic
I cannot express how much I adored this book. It made me laugh, cry, salivate and, on no less than four occasions, resolve to learn patisserie and leave the criminal Bar. Olivia Potts has delivered a tender and beautifully written tour-de-force on the four tenets of the human experience; 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
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
An honest, brave and funny account of what it is to love, to lose love and how to make macarons
Red
Her writing inspires resilience
Woman & Home
I laughed, I cried, I baked gingerbread biscuits. Potts is a writer who clasps you to her floury bosom and wraps you in your apron strings. There is wit and warmth on every page. This is a book of courage, consolation and more custard than you can shake a whisk at
Laura Freeman, Times
A heart-warming book about death and new beginnings that will delight cake lovers; it manages to be moving, funny and mouth-watering in equal measure - a difficult literary confection to master
Guardian
Uplifting . . . tender
i
Heartbreaking and heartwarming in turns, it's a candid account of dealing with bereavement
Waitrose Weekend
Honest, humorous and peppered with great recipes
Delicious
Potts writes powerfully about the nature of grief, yet she has the lightest of touches with her sensuous descriptions of food. A delightful read - and there are some terrific recipes in it, too
Daily Mail
She writes with the precision required of a pastry chef. . . finely observed descriptions of texture, taste and smell. A love story, with sadness, humour and tension. Uplifting
Prue Leith, Spectator
Tender . . . filled with the comfort we all seek when dealing with grief
Stylist
There are plenty of laughs, and her unfolding relationship with Sam is a joy
Country Life