BAKING AND THE MEANING OF LIFE

In her hotly anticipated debut solo cookbook Ottolenghi pastry chef and recipe developer Helen Goh shares her 100 favourite baking recipes to show the many ways baking brings meaning and joy to our lives No one knows the why or how of baking better than Helen Goh recipe developer with Yotam Ottolenghi for more than a decade co author of bestselling books Sweet and Comfort food columnist for the Good Weekend The Guardian and Observer and practising psychologist In this her first solo cookbook Helen draws on her upbringing in Malaysia and Australia her acclaimed work with Ottolenghi and her psychology training to share her distinctive approach to baking with 100 delicious sweet and savoury bakes With recipes like Chocolate Tahini Cake with Sesame Brittle Plum and Pistachio Bars Pandan and Coconut Chiffon Cake and many other shareable treats that offer both tried and true and creative flavours this book is a celebration of community connection and pleasure through baking Helen s Champagne and Blackcurrant Celebration Cake will become your new go to for a special occasion while a batch of Perfect Vanilla Cupcakes for a picnic or charity bake sale is a small but powerful building block of community and solidarity All of her desserts are impressi