Brooklyn Bookbeat: Brooklyn writer and pastry chef collaborate on new romance novel
If your tastes run to fiction and dessert, you’re in luck this winter: Brooklynite Megan Caldwell‘s new novel “Vanity Fare” includes five recipes inspired by the book. While Caldwell’s protagonist works at a fictional Brooklyn bakery, the writer teamed up with pastry chef Emily Isaac of Park Slope’s Trois Pommes Patisserie to create recipes for the pastry puns that appear throughout the novel.
“Vanity Fare” tells the story of Molly Hagan — a struggling mother who lives in Brooklyn with her six-year-old son. After her husband leaves her for a younger woman, Molly is desperate to make money. She lands a copywriting position at a bakery, working alongside an attractive pastry chef and his intimidating business partner. Molly’s love life is not her priority but, of course, elements of romance sneak in to the story — as do aromas of cinnamon and sugar — making this a warm winter read.
The recipes that Isaac and Caldwell created for “Vanity Fare” include Much Ado About Muffins, Tart of Darkness, Gravity’s Rainbow Cookies, Lord of the Tea Rings, and Dorothy Parker House Rolls.
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