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Breadsong: How Baking Changed Our Lives Hardcover – 28 April 2022

by Kitty Tait (Author), Al Tait (Author)

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THE IDEAL GIFT THIS FATHER'S DAY
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'If you had told me at 14 when I couldn't even get out of bed with depression and anxiety that three years later I would have written a book I would never have believed you. But here it is - the story of the Orange Bakery. How I went from bed to bread and how my Dad went from being a teacher to a baker. You reading it means everything to me' Kitty Tait

Breadsong tells the story of Kitty Tait who was a chatty, bouncy and full-of-life 14 year old until she was overwhelmed by an ever-thickening cloud of depression and anxiety and she withdrew from the world. Her desperate family tried everything to help her but she slipped further away from them.

One day her dad Alex, a teacher, baked a loaf of bread with her and that small moment changed everything. One loaf quickly escalated into an obsession and Kitty started to find her way out of the terrible place she was in. Baking bread was the one thing that made any sense to her and before long she was making loaves for half her village. After a few whirlwind months, she and her dad opened the Orange Bakery, where queues now regularly snake down the street.

Breadsong is also a cookbook full of Kitty's favourite recipes, including:

- the Comfort loaf made with Marmite, and with a crust that tastes like Twiglets
- bitesize queue nibbles, doughnuts with an ever-changing filling to keep the bakery queue happy
- sticky fika buns with mix-and-match fillings such as cardamom and orange
- Happy Bread covered with salted caramel
- cheese straws made with easy homemade ruff puff pastry
- the ultimate brown butter and choc chip cookies with the perfect combination of gooey centre and crispy edges.

Print length

304 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date

28 April 2022
Dimensions

17.9 x 3.2 x 25.3 cm
ISBN-10

1526631857
ISBN-13

978-1526631855
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Miracle Overnight Bread	Overnight Foccacia	Happy Bread


Blondies with a Marmite Glaze	Chocolate, Tahini & Halva Cookies	Ultimate Chelsea Buns

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Just when I thought I didn't have anything left to learn about bread, Kitty teaches me otherwise. Accessible, engaging and wonderfully wide ranging -- Felicity Cloake

Not only is Breadsong a brilliant book about the bliss of baking, Kitty Tait tells a brave and beautiful story of what it is to be human. Rise up like your dough, Kitty! You are Britain's next Star Baker! -- Mel Giedroyc

Breadsong is everything I could ever wish for from a book. Kitty is a true inspiration. I see her passion, her writing and her baking and I can't help but be filled with joy. I can't wait to see what she does next -- James Morton

Breadsong is exactly the kind of cookbook I love to curl up with - uplifting, inspiring, heartfelt and with wonderful recipes to boot. The best recipes are filled with heart and this book is just that -- Georgina Hayden

We have been following Kitty and Al's journey with wonder and amazement. It is proof, if one was needed, that a loaf of bread can have the power to heal, bring joy, bring together a family and a community and give life flavour and purpose. In this book they share with their stories and recipes, both are utterly delicious -- Itamar Srulovich and Sarit Packer, Honey & Co

Breadsong is an extraordinary father and daughter duet, a baking book that's dazzling with easy ideas and strong techniques for exactly what you want to bake and eat right now -- Dan Lepard

Breadsong is a beautifully soul-stirring book about overcoming personal anxieties and depression through the nurturing joys of baking. I loved it from start to finish! -- Gurd Loyal

Kitty and her father plot the journey from rock bottom to redemption through dough. A hilarious catalogue of the pitfalls of setting up your own artisan bakery with an inspiring tale about learning to recognise what's important - being brave enough to frame your life around it -- Xanthe Clay

More than a book about baking. Breadsong made me hungry (very!) but it also filled me with admiration for Al, Kitty, their family and their friends. Inspiring, honest, generous and optimistic -- Janet Ellis

A wonderful exploration around the seemingly (and often not so) simple process of making bread and how it can help to heal and restore. Breadsong is truly inspiring and will no doubt encourage everyone to bake, for both their mind and their mouth -- Flora Sheddon

Book Description

A cookbook with bags of heart about the redemptive power of baking

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'If you had told me at 14 when I couldn't even get out of bed with depression and anxiety that three years later I would have written a book I would never have believed you. But here it is - the story of the Orange Bakery. How I went from bed to bread and how my Dad went from being a teacher to a baker. You reading it means everything to me' Kitty Tait

Breadsong tells the story of Kitty Tait who was a chatty, bouncy and full-of-life 14 year old until she was overwhelmed by an ever-thickening cloud of depression and anxiety and she withdrew from the world. Her desperate family tried everything to help her but she slipped further away from them.

One day her dad Alex, a teacher, baked a loaf of bread with her and that small moment changed everything. One loaf quickly escalated into an obsession and Kitty started to find her way out of the terrible place she was in. Baking bread was the one thing that made any sense to her and before long she was making loaves for half her village. After a few whirlwind months, she and her dad opened the Orange Bakery, where queues now regularly snake down the street.

Breadsong is also a cookbook full of Kitty's favourite recipes, including:

- the Comfort loaf made with Marmite, and with a crust that tastes like Twiglets
- bitesize queue nibbles, doughnuts with an ever-changing filling to keep the bakery queue happy
- sticky fika buns with mix-and-match fillings such as cardamom and orange
- Happy Bread covered with salted caramel
- cheese straws made with easy homemade ruff puff pastry
- the ultimatebrown butter and choc chip cookies with the perfect combination of gooey centre and crispy edges.

About the Author

Kitty Tait and her Dad Al live in Watlington, Oxfordshire and between them run the Orange Bakery. From the most original flavoured sourdough (miso and sesame, fig and walnut) to huge piles of cinnamon buns and Marmite and cheese swirls, the shop sells out every day and the queues stretch down the street. In 2018, Kitty was at school and Al worked at Oxford University, but when Kitty became so ill she couldn't leave the house, the two discovered baking and, in particular, sourdough. Chronicled in Kitty's Instagram @kittytaitbaker they went from a small subscription service to pop ups to a shop - all in two years. Along the way Kitty got better, a Corgi got involved and Al realised that he was now a baker not a teacher.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bloomsbury Publishing; 1st edition (28 April 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1526631857
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1526631855
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 17.9 x 3.2 x 25.3 cm

Best Sellers Rank: 1,480 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 5 in Bread Baking
- 9 in Pasta & Rice
- 30 in Psychology & Mental Health (Books)

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My name is Kitty and I am a first and foremost a baker. I can’t quite believe I am writing an Author bio as I still can’t quite believe I’m an author. I started baking at 14 when I got very ill with depression and anxiety and had to leave school. One loaf led to four led to forty and soon I was running a subscription service and then a pop up bakery. All of this was done with my Dad, Al who left his work as a teacher to bake with me. Today we run a shop called The Orange Bakery in Watlington, Oxfordshire and make everything from walnut and fig sourdough to deconstructed snickers cookies. I am so lucky because customers queue up outside and I get to feed them snacks as they wait. I’m a feeder. Our book Breadsong is about the last four years and how our lives changed so drastically. It’s also about the amazing people in Watlington who helped us, my family who were beside me at the worst of times and a very demanding corgi called Scout.

Thank you for thinking about buying it.

Kitty

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Lolly

My favourite baking book!!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 April 2022

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This has already become my favourite baking book!
I love the insight into the incredibly emotional foundations of the Orange Bakery. Kitty and Al are wonderfully honest, I love the little hand drawn picture details.
There is a great variety of recipes, plus there are a couple of unusual flavour twists (marmite glaze for a blondie) that I can’t wait to try!

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not really my thing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 May 2022

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I do wish that amazon would allow us to spit reviews into 'how well it's written' and 'did you like it?'
The first 152 pages of this book are absolutely not my thing; they're well written, but simply don't interest me. I nearly sent it back! This is not a slur on the authors, it's a comment that not everyone wants to know the 'journey'.
Then I tried the next level Chelsea buns — what a fantastic dough! OK, I'll keep it as I look forward to trying more recipes.

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Jaz

Next level Chelsea buns Amazing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 April 2022

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Honestly after reading the Guardian article about Kitty's journey to baking it truly inspired me to buy the book, and I was super curious about the garam masala Chelsea buns. wow they're amazing if you have always wanted delicate flavor in your baked treats then just buy the book for the buns alone.

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Jane Dutton

Lovely, lovely book, lovely, lovely recipes

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 May 2022

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I love everything about this book. It is a story of hope after despair, a tale of woe to wonderment, a bright light in a very dark room. The honesty is compelling, the time and distance travelled a miracle of determination and absolute love BUT, the very best bit of all is the recipes. I have lots of books about bread and lots of recipe books, this is the first one I’ve felt excited about for a long time (except for Nigel Slater, but that’s a different story). I’ve done the overnight bread and am now plotting my next adventure.
Thank you Kitty and Al Tait for sharing your journey, your meanderings and your triumphs, a gem of a book.

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Mrs G L Bailey

Heartwarming and moving

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 May 2022

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I never write reviews but feel compelled to write this review. At first when I flicked through the book I was a bit disappointed that half the book is given over to Kitty’s story of battling with anxiety and depression and that the book wasn’t a “traditional” recipe book. Having finished reading Kitty and Al’s story this morning I can honestly say it’s absolutely well worth the read! I have enjoyed reading Kitty’s story so much - it is a mixture of sadness, humour and hope. It demonstrates the wonderful power of a loving community and the support that was offered to Kitty and Al in their bread journey. It truly is an uplifting story and I can certainly recommend. I’m working my way through the recipes and so far I give them a thumbs up!

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jackie stuart

Inspirational Read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 August 2022

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Being a traveller I very rarely buy a book and use a kindle instead. Al and Katie Tait were being interviewed on Radio 2 which prompted me to buy this book.
The book cover is very tactile and the pages are well written on quality paper. I absolutely loved the illustrations. It reminded me why I love books, the feel of it in my hand was comforting. A book written from the heart, inspiring, educational, uplifting, written in an authentic way to demonstrate how sadness can be turned into joy. It tells the story of a young girl struggling with her mental health and how the support of her loving family and her desire to make bread, gets her through. I could not put this book down. Buy it for yourself or as a gift. You will not be disappointed.

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L. D. Coombe

Wonderful Book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 May 2022

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This is a wonderful book - having followed them on Instagram for years I was familiar with Kitty & Al’s story, book the book tells it beautifully! Plus so many gorgeous recipes too - that (despite having to modify to GF!) I will be giving a go

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sallymac65

A must read for any baker

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 June 2022

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This is a "must read" book written by Kitty & Al Tait. The illustrations are fabulous as is the descriptive text, recipes and photographs. A truly inspiring story. If you think you know a lot about baking bread and sweet pastries, read this book. There is always something new to learn. This is the kind of book you can dip in and out of, which I am always a fan of. However, once you start this book it is compelling to keep reading it.

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