Waitrose Kitchen Magazine, William Sitwell, Editor
“Louise’s book is as beautiful as the story she tells. And it brings out the secret baker in all of us.”
The Daily Telegraph, Rose Prince, named BEST COOKERY WRITER at the Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards (May 2014):
“The best dough and technique for making jam doughnuts is in Louise Johncox’s new book, The Baker’s Daughter. Louise’s father ran Peter’s, a traditional tea shop in Weybridge, Surrey, and she worked on this memoir after he retired.
She covers every favourite that has ever tempted in a bakery window – from treacle tart and tea cakes to rock cakes, Black Forest gatea and Viennese fingers. If making cakes to show off at the village fete, or simply to delight your children, this is the go-to book.”
The Daily Mail
“An enchanting story of Eccles cakes, doughnuts and how a grieving daughter kept her adored father's memory alive.”
The Times Magazine, Tony Turnbull, Food Editor
"Truly inspiring. A beautiful book which puts food at the heart of all that matters."
Tamasin Day-Lewis, food writer and author
“Louise has communicated that most important thing, the connection food has to family at the deepest level. And she has made personal the stories that were a part of her childhood and made her who she is with simple detail and no sentimentality. The quest Louise embarked upon has now been written into her family's history and been preserved and she has given her father what he deserved: recognition.”
The Times Magazine, Tony Turnbull, Food Editor
"Truly inspiring. A beautiful book which puts food at the heart of all that matters."
Orlando Murrin, food writer and author of
A Table in The Tarn
“This is that rare and precious thing - a cookbook from the heart, richly authentic and full of love and warmth. Buy one copy to keep, and another to cook from."
Tessa Kiros, author of Falling Cloudberries
“In this lovely story, we are given a glimpse through the still-frame of a lens, and handed a baker’s lifetime of experience through his daughter.”
Albert Roux OBE, KFO
“An affectionate memoir that will both entertain with stories from a bygone world of tea and cakes and inspire people to bake.”
The Sunday Mirror Notebook Magazine
“When you grow up in a bakery, you can’t help but get inspired to create sweet beautiful things, as the Baker’s Daughter found growing up in Peter’s of Weybridge.”