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Right now you are probably thinking 'Marian Keyes? She writes chick-lit doesn't she? What's she doing writing a cookbook?' You'll quite probably also be looking at her and thinking that she doesn't look as though she eats a lot of the output either. Well, there's a bit of a story behind this book...
Marian Keyes has suffered from depression. Having had this myself I know that it's a horrible place to be. You've two choices: you can sink into it or you can do anything - and I mean ''anything'' - to get through a day without musing on the best way to kill yourself. Keyes discovered baking -''a sort of magic'' - partly because it filled her days and then because she came to enjoy it. She started from the bottom - needing to go out and buy the equipment ''and'' the ingredients to get started. She didn't so much discover that she had a talent as persisted until she produced something which she liked. She also developed an obsession with cookie cutters. Oh, yes - and she discovered a talent for 'nozzle work'.
Have you ever read a cookery book which made you feel inadequate before you'd got past the introduction? Me too. Well, I promise you that you're not going to feel like that once you slip into this book. Marian is quick to tell us about the things she ''didn't'' know and the failures she's had. She's also warm and witty and you'll feel as though you've been drawn into the kitchen of a family friend for a discussion and tasting of the latest batch, still warm from he oven.
