<![CDATA[Confections of a Closet Master Baker]]>

false <![CDATA[Confections of a Closet Master Baker]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256000349m/6267708.jpg 6267708 2 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. 6450988 8 9 2009 Confections of a Closet Master Baker total:115|5:24|4:57|3:30|2:4|1:0| 115 446 311 54 3 0 true false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 01 08:40:10 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 01 09:09:49 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 11 09:15:26 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 09:16:56 -0800 2009 1 Author: Gesine Bullock-Prado
ISBN: 978-0-7679-3268-4
Pages: 223
Release Date: September 2009
Publisher: Broadway Books
Genre: Memoir
Rating: 4.5 out of 5

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Having worked in Hollywood for most of my life, I could totally relate to her experience with the unique personalities and ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Sep 07 19:30:02 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 19:32:09 -0700 2009
This book had me at it's very short but very memorable first paragraph: "I saw the devil at the age of three and he gave me chocolate. It changed my life forever."

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Gesine (pronounced geh see neh--don't mess it up because it makes her crazy when you do) had a glamourous Hollywo...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 07:11:25 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 10:31:47 -0700 2009
I was expecting a self-absorbed, boutique-ey book about someone who fancied themselves a baker.

Instead I was plunged into Gesine Bullock-Prado's memoir of her exodus from the shallow Hollywood world she had found herself in, to a self-create...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 17:16:17 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 17:21:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 17 06:08:14 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 07:21:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 19:57:53 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 19:58:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 20:39:23 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 20:50:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 05:14:16 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 05:19:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 15:45:16 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 15:52:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Nov 07 19:50:23 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 19:57:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 true false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 20 09:36:31 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 09:45:20 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Nov 30 20:17:08 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 20:20:49 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 15:03:42 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 10:25:17 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 11:38:11 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 11:47:00 -0700 2009 Confections of a Closet Master Baker follows Gesine Bullock-Prado's journey from Hollywood to opening a bakery in Vermont. Gesine's sister is the famous actress Sandra Bullock, so when her career took off Gesine worked for her production company slogging through possible movie scripts for her siste...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 08:23:30 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 08:19:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Nov 06 20:35:13 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 20:38:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6267708