{"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\u003eThe winner of \u003ci\u003eThe Great American Baking Show\u003c\/i\u003e shares her story of personal growth and more than 100 delicious recipes.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\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\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePopular baking personality and lawyer turned baker Vallery Lomas was ecstatic when she learned she won the third season of \u003ci\u003eThe Great American Baking Show\u003c\/i\u003e. However, her win was never seen by the world--Vallery's season was pulled after just a few episodes when one of the judges became a focal point in a Me Too accusation. Rather than throwing in her whisk and lamenting all of the missed opportunities she hoped to receive (Book deal! Product endorsements! TV show!), she held her head high and hustled--which resulted in her getting press coverage everywhere from CNN to \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, Vallery debuts her first baking book. With 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, 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\u003ehost of \u003ci\u003eKeep Calm and Cook On\u003c\/i\u003e podcast, and founder of Equity at the Table\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Clarkson Potter Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593137680\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288","brand":"Vallery Lomas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40721615749301,"sku":"9780593137680","price":25.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_555c0472-1bb1-4745-9dbc-73945fac6498.jpg?v=1628607224","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/life-is-what-you-bake-it-recipes-stories-and-inspiration-to-bake-your-way-to-the-top-a-baking-book-9780593137680","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}