MINNEAPOLIS â âA cake can turn any Tuesday into an occasion,â writes Zoe Francois in the just-released âZoe Bakes Cakesâ (Ten Speed Press, $30). âCake is the way I tell my friends and family that I love them.â
The tireless author became a force in the cookbook world by co-writing the wildly successful âArtisan Bread in Five Minutes a Dayâ series with fellow Minnesotan Jeff Hertzberg.
With âZoe Bakes Cakes,â Francois is turning to a different side of her passion for baking, sharing dozens of cake recipes, from family favorites to re-creations of discoveries sheâs encountered during her travels. But before delivering the goods, Francois starts with a series of easy-to-absorb tutorials â she calls it the Cake Academy â that are culled from her vast pastry chefâs know-how.
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Mum disgusted by racist notes posted through her letterbox
Daily Record 13/03/2021 Lucy John & Nicholas Keyden
A mum has opened up on receiving disgusting messages through her letterbox and being racially abused in front of her daughter.
Nichola Ferron, 47, said she felt the most unhappy after settling down in a small country town before being exposed to shocking abuse there.
In one particularly shameful incident, somebody posted a note at her door asking What do you call a frozen black person? Tough s t .
Having grown up in Jamaica, Nichola settled down in the Welsh village of Neith having lived in New York and London, according to Wales Online.