I’ve just read a very interesting article pulished in the Guardian online yesturday regarding book covers. I am never happy with the covers of my books so it was interesting to read:

“Books long ago became product, and the say-so of just one or two buyers can change a jacket from one that an author and publisher loves, to a generic design for a mass-market appeal.”… Continue reading

We’ve just been having a discussion in the office about our favourite buttercream flavours! What’s your favourite buttercream flavour? Do comment below!

Lindy's Buttercream Roses Cupcakes

When I arrived in this morning one of my team had placed a cutting from today’s Daily Mail on my desk and you’ve guessed it was all about cupcakes!

The article is very amusing, it’s written by a ‘grumpy male mid-lifer’ – the authors words not mine! It talks about the current obsession with cupcakes and quotes other magazines such as vogue,  apparently

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I found a very interesting article on the Trendhunter magazine website which I thought you all might interesting. The article looks at 65 examples of food as art from around the world, decorated cakes and cupcakes do obviously feature but there are many other examples as well including bread art, jelly bean art and sushi art. Here are just a few of the ones I found interesting.

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We all love birthday cake but why does it represent our birthday?

I have just been reading a very interesting American blog post by Kaci Daugherty entitled “Food Cultures of Birthday Celebrations” in which she says that the custom:-