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At the punctuation points of life – birthdays, weddings, christenings and funerals – the English mind turns to cake. Alongside its place as the centrepiece of our celebrations, cake has a humbler place in daily life: a small, affordable luxury that invites us to pause for a moment in the afternoon, when energy begins to fade.
Cakes are not just for eating, if the latest creations by Damien Hirst and a Walsall baker are anything to go by
Baking father and daughter nominated for book award '); '); A MAN and his teenage daughter who run a bakery in Watlington have been shortlisted for a book award, writes Anna Colivicchi. Alex and Kitty Tait wrote Breadsong: How Bread Changed Our Lives about the story behind the Orange Bakery in High Street. The book, which will be published in May next year, is one of three finalists for this year’s Jane Grigson Trust Award, which is made to a first-time writer of a book about food or drink which has been commissioned but not yet published. Kitty, 16, said: “I’m super excited — I c...