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Confections of a Closet Master Baker: One Woman's Sweet Journey from Unhappy Hollywood Executive to Contented Country Baker
Confections of a Closet Master Baker: One Woman's Sweet Journey from Unhappy Hollywood Executive to Contented Country Baker | Gesine Bullock-Prado
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"A former Hollywood insider trades the Hollywood Hills for Green Acres"--"and lives to tell about it in this hilarious, poignant treat of a memoir. "As head of her celebrity sister's production company, Gesine Bullock-Prado had a closet full of designer clothes and the ear of all the influential studio heads, but she was miserable. The only solace she found was in her secret hobby: baking. With every sugary, buttery confection to emerge from her oven, Gesine took one step away from her glittery, empty existence--and one step closer to her true destiny. Before long, she and her husband left the trappings of their Hollywood lifestyle behind, ending up in Vermont, where they started the gem known as Gesine Confectionary. And they never looked back. "Confections of a Closet Master Baker "follows Gesine's journey from sugar-obsessed child to miserable, awkward Hollywood insider to reluctant master baker. Chock-full of eccentric characters, beautifully detailed descriptions of her baking process, ceaselessly funny renditions of Hollywood nonsense, and recipes, the ingredients of her story will appeal to anyone who has ever considered leaving the life they know and completely starting over.
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DebinHawaii
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#FebruaryFeels #favememoir

I can‘t pick just one favorite memoir so I am going with one of my favorite types of memoirs—foodie memoirs. Because there are so many of them that I like, I‘ll get more specific. Here are a dozen fave foodie memoirs written by women. 🧑🏼‍🍳🥄📚
P.S. I could have put any of Ruth Reichl‘s or Kathleen Flinn‘s memoirs in this collage but I just picked one of each author‘s works to represent. 🤗📚

Prairiegirl_reading Foodie memoirs are great! I‘m usually jealous being brought up on frozen fish sticks and tuna casserole does not a foodie memoir make. 🤣 5y
Eggs What a lovely mix of foodie books 👏🏻🤗👏🏻 5y
Tonton MFK Fisher is queen! 5y
CafeMom I ♥️ Tender at the Bone and My Life in France. 5y
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Beholderess
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What I currently have checked out from the library. Because there is more than one way to be a badass woman. What matters is that she follows her own path, not the ones decreed by others

#heroines #readwomen #swordandsorcery #fantasy #nonfiction #food #baking

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Interesting story with great recipes! I do enjoy baking and the ins and outs of running a bakery added to my enjoyment of this memoir.