New Release Book Review: Well Read Cookies by Lauren Chater
About the Book:
This gorgeous, whimsical gift hardback celebrates beloved works of literature in the shape of beautiful iced biscuits. Feast your eyes on 60 mouth-watering classics in full colour from Jane Austen and Mary Shelley to Tolkien and F. Scott Fitzgerald, modern masterpieces by Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman, Geraldine Brooks and Melissa Ashley, and beloved children’s tales by Dr Seuss and J.K. Rowling.
With all the tender love and care of a true book lover, author and baker extraordinaire Lauren Chater shows you how to translate your favourite books to the plate – and start making your very own sweet morsels of edible art. Filled with beautiful photographs and insider tips on achieving cookie nirvana, now you can have your books and eat them too.
Lauren Chater is the founder of the popular blog, The Well-Read Cookie, and author of the acclaimed historical novel The Lace Weaver.
My Thoughts:
Well Read Cookies is a delectable treat of a book to curl up with. Founder and creative force behind the successful The Well Read Cookie blog, Lauren Chater has compiled a collection of her favourite books in biscuit form for our reading and viewing pleasure. This book is not one to nibble at, I guarantee you will scoff the lot in one sitting. Lauren and I have similar reading tastes so I took great pleasure in discovering some of my favourite books depicted as biscuits. I’ve also added a few more titles to my reading pile as well. This is not just a book filled with pictures of unbelievably creative and gorgeous biscuits. Each one is also an ode to the book that inspired the biscuit. Lauren gives a review, for want a better description, on what she loves about each book and which part or aspect of the text that the inspiration for the biscuit design came from. There are biscuit recipes in the back along with tips on icing and decorating for the bakers out there. For me though, I draw the most pleasure from studying the clever creations Lauren has come up with and while I’m unlikely to ever attempt my own biscuit, I’ll definitely be returning to these pages over and over. Well Read Cookies is a perfect gift for those who love books. I’ve already bought an extra copy for a friend and have plans on buying a few more.
