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Book Details And More Breakfast Photos

 

The first draft of my manuscript is complete!

I just finished it this morning. It's been hard work and I often thought I wouldn't finish on time. But I have a feeling the really hard work starts now: editing, rewriting and retesting.

 

 

I can finally reveal more information about the book: the title hasn't been confirmed yet, but it's going to be a book about - Whoopie Pies! 70 recipes to be exact, and published by Aquamarine, an imprint of Anness Publishing. I know many of you have been asking for more information, but I only just got the go-ahead this week to release more details. They publish some beautifully photographed books, just have a look at some of their previous cookbook covers.

 

 

I've been working non-stop on this for the past three months, baking, testing buttercreams, batters, toppings, flavours, and writing everything down. I've had so much fun doing it all, but I think I might have just slightly underestimated how much work it all was going to be.

 

 

I've been dreaming of holidays and I can't wait for spring. B & I are thinking of going to Turkey, and from what I've seen so far, it all looks beautiful. I've been meaning to go for so long now.

Have you been? Do you have any nice recommendations you can share? What to see, what to do, what to eat?

 

 

Hope you all have a lovely weekend!

(I'm going to be spending it eating, sleeping and relaxing.)

 

 

p.s. have you tried Earl Grey tea with fresh thyme leaves? I've been drinking it every afternoon with my cantuccinis, and it is divine. Try it. Let me know. 

p.p.s. to find out more about the breakfast photos above, just click on the images.

 

 

I Heart Breakfasts

 

Toasted Brown Wholegrain Granary Baguette With Sugar-Free Strawberry Jam & Butter

 

I'm a breakfast person. I *love* breakfasts.

I mean, I love desserts too of course, but I love breakfasts even more.

I remember when I was a child, my mother would always have the table fully set for breakfast every morning with fresh flowers, juice, tea, coffee, bread, jams... the full spread. Every morning.

It was one of the most comforting things to wake up to.

 

Organic Whole Wheat Cereal Biscuits With Organic Semi-skimmed Milk

 

I've never been one for New Year's resolutions, but this year they came flooding through, probably from all the years of not having any.

So here's my complete (and very honest) list in order of importance:

1. Be more true to myself.

2. Be kinder to myself.

3. Be more organised, focused & calm.

4. Live NOW.

5. Work harder to learn & improve my food photography.

6. Have something different for breakfast every day this year.

7. Take at least one food photo a day every day this year.

8. Blog more often.

 

Scrambled Eggs On Toasted Sesame Seed Bagel With Fresh Parsley

 

And the result is my Breakfast Photo page: a breakfast photo a day, every day.

It helps me practice my food photography on a daily basis, and because my book deadline is fast approaching, it helps me blog more, while blogging less, if that makes sense - no recipe development involved, no extra styling needed (ok, maybe just a little more), no writing involved, and just one photo a day.

Organised. Focused. Calm.

 

Freshly Baked Croissants With Raspberry Jam

 

I'm uploading these photos daily, but in separate pages to the main blog site, just so that I don't clog everyone's readers and inboxes with daily updates. If you'd like to get daily updates as and when I post, the best place to see them would be my facebook page or twitter page. You can also find them all on the Breakfast Photo page and I'll be doing a summary blog post like this one once a week too. 

 

Mango, Papaya & Pomegranate Fruit Salad With Fresh Mint

 

There's so much more I want to say, so much has happened since I last posted nearly three weeks ago, and there's lots more going on, but I really, really need to get back to finishing my book as my deadline is fast approaching at the end of the month, and there's so much left to do.

Organised.

Focused.

Calm.