She’s barely touched it, but she picks up her phone and walks into the hallway. Mom hits pause right as Mary is about to call out the top three English muffins. The only ones I ever made came out so hard, you had to dunk them in milk to take a bite.
Mom’s phone rings and now I’m left wishing I had enough sugar to try another batch of scones. Also, would you mind sharing your secret to a good scone? Because down here all we’ve got are buttermilk biscuits. I made it once for my mom, and she said both coffee and cake would never be the same again. I pick at a shriveled string of cheese on my plate and imagine what I’d say if I could send her a note across the ocean.Īs an aspiring baker over here in Tennessee, I’d like to tell you how much I love every single one of your recipes, but especially your Cappuccino Coffee Cake. Any fool with a Betty Crocker cookbook or Google knows to let it double. If I were on the show, Mary wouldn’t have to tell me how long those muffins need to rise. The bakers are making English muffins, and she’s giving the stink eye to the redheaded guy who didn’t let his dough rise enough.
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Our TV is so old and tiny that I have to lean in to see what Mary Berry is pursing her lips about. Really, though, she just doesn’t have the energy to think about fixing anything that doesn’t come with directions on the box. She says she likes to leave the fancy stuff to me. But this is about all the cooking Mom chooses to do. Especially since it’s been in the freezer awhile-the edges are dry and crusty.
It’s kind of hard to watch The Great British Bake Off over plates of Stouffer’s lasagna. Now she just has to convince her mom that this town might just be the best thing that ever happened to them! Excerpt It all feels like one challenge too many, until Ellie starts to make her first-ever friends. Except she’s not just the new kid-she’s the new kid in the wheelchair who lives in the trailer park on the wrong side of town. If she’s not writing fan letters to her favorite celebrity chefs, she’s practicing recipes on her well-meaning, if overworked, mother.īut when Ellie and her mom move so they can help take care of her ailing grandpa, Ellie has to start all over again in a new town at a new school.
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The thing is, Ellie has big dreams: She might be eating Stouffer’s for dinner, but one day she’s going to be a professional baker. That surprises some people, who see a kid in a wheelchair and think she’s going to be all sunshine and cuddles. In the tradition of Wonder and Out of My Mind, this big-hearted middle grade debut tells the story of an irrepressible girl with cerebral palsy whose life takes an unexpected turn when she moves to a new town.Įllie’s a girl who tells it like it is. “An honest, emotionally rich take on disability, family, and growing up.” - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “A big-hearted story that’s as sweet as it is awesome.” -R.J.
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