A fiction debut that will leave you wanting seconds, from an award-winning cookbook author Claire "Neely" O'Neil is a pastry chef of extraordinary talent. Every great chef can taste shimmering, elusive flavors that most of us miss, but Neely can "taste" feelings--cinnamon makes you remember, plum is pleased with itself, orange is a wake-up call. When flavor and feeling give Neely a glimpse of someone's inner self, she can customize her creations to help that person celebrate love, overcome fear, even mourn a devastating ...
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A fiction debut that will leave you wanting seconds, from an award-winning cookbook author Claire "Neely" O'Neil is a pastry chef of extraordinary talent. Every great chef can taste shimmering, elusive flavors that most of us miss, but Neely can "taste" feelings--cinnamon makes you remember, plum is pleased with itself, orange is a wake-up call. When flavor and feeling give Neely a glimpse of someone's inner self, she can customize her creations to help that person celebrate love, overcome fear, even mourn a devastating loss. Maybe that's why she feels the need to go home to Millcreek Valley at a time when her life seems about to fall apart. The bakery she opens in her hometown is perfect, intimate, just what she's always dreamed of--and yet, as she meets her new customers, Neely has a sense of secrets, some dark, some perhaps with tempting possibilities. A recurring flavor of alarming intensity signals to her perfect palate a long-ago story that must be told. Neely has always been able to help everyone else. Getting to the end of this story may be just what she needs to help herself.
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As a person who has baked a lot of cakes, this book was quite an adventure. First book I've read of Judith Fertig's.
Loved "Neely" and the story of flavors of people in cakes made. Mystery, life's adventures, and loved how two sisters found each other again after years of separation.
Jett was quite different and Claire "Neely" hired her because of her talent. People can be so different than it seems on outside. Underneath may be a hidden talent.
I want to read more books by Judith Ferig. I could taste the delightful flavors she described.
