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Recipe for scones from Deliciously Vintage Baking & Desserts

by Victoria Glass, photographs by Isobel Wield

Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar

This sweet little book has wonderful desserts for you to bake. Start with these simple scones, and then try the Louise cake, filled with jam and topped with a thick cloud of coconut meringue. There is a sticky toffee pudding; something described as “bamboozlingly delicious” (banoffee pie); and snickerdoodles. The photographs are lovely and the treats yummy.

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Recipe excerpted with permission from Deliciously Vintage Baking & Desserts: 60 Nostalgic Recipes that Will Make You Feel Like a Kid Again by Victoria Glass, Ryland Peters & Small. Photographs by Isobel Wield © Ryland Peters & Small, 2014, 2023

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Peppered Pan-Roasted Olives

from Cheese Boards to Share Deck: 50 Cards for Stunning Boards & Platters to Style at Home by Thalassa Skinner

Cookbook review by Tracey Zabar

This boxed set of cards has dozens of beautiful photographs of food to place on boards. Delight your guests with these cheese selections and some yummy roasted olives. Next on my list: lovely boards with cow, goat, buffalo, and sheep's milk cheese; a picnic with figs, honey, and blood oranges, and of course cheese; and a recipe for homemade pickles. And then a flatbread with tomatoes; and some nectarine and Serrano pepper paste.

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Recipe for Peppered Pan Roasted Olives excerpted with permission from Cheese Boards to Share Deck: 50 Cards for Stunning Boards & Platters to Style at Home by Thalassa Skinner, Photography by Erin Kunkel © Ryland Peters & Small

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