This was unusual because I seem to have fallen into buying many of my books online recently. Most of the time I can justify the drastically inflated prices in the store but that is a topic for another discussion.
To the point of the post though - I happened to pick up the latest book by Marian Keyes, the latest (last?) in her Walsh family series. Alongside The Mystery of Mercy Close was a copy of a cookbook, Saved by Cake, written by Marian apparently concurrently with the book and while she was recovering from Depression. It came free with the novel and without denigrating the novel (which I am enjoying but not far into it at the moment) the cookbook was an immediately engaging read.
Helped by the recent influx of visitors and the arrival of some chestnuts in one suitcase I have already made three things from the book
An Espresso and Walnut Cake
A rich and dense Hazelnut Torte
and the Chestnut and Rum Brownies
If you ask me a page marked like this is the sign of a good buy.
1 comment:
I love Marian Keyes, she's so honest asbout herself which I like. Can I ask which bookstore? As I'd love the 2 for 1 deal! (It might inspire me to bake again!)
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