Showing results for "Cake" in Biographies & Memoirs

Carl Radke’s path from reality TV’s party-loving star to a life centered around recovery has been anything but straightforward. Famous for his role on Summer House, Carl’s journey in the spotlight has forced him to confront personal battles under public scrutiny. Beyond the cameras, he’s faced struggles with addiction, the weight of toxic masculinity, the heartbreaking loss of his brother and a quest to find real joy in a world that equates fun with alcohol.

From award-winning comedian and writer Katy Wix comes Delicacy - a different kind of memoir from an astonishing new voice. Twenty-one snapshots of a life - some staccato, raw and shocking, some expansive, meditative and profound, underpinned with moments of startling humour that shatter the darkness - all beginning with a single memory. A memory of cake.

In this stand alone novella from New York Times bestselling author Laini Taylor comes the story of a funny and fantastical first date. In NIGHT OF CAKE & PUPPETS, Taylor brings to life a night only hinted at in the Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy - the magical first date of fan-favorites Zuzana...

Wry, hilarious, and profoundly genuine, this debut collection of literary essays is a celebration of fallibility and haplessness in all their glory. From despoiling an exhibit at the Natural History Museum to provoking the ire of her first boss to siccing the cops on her mysterious neighbor...

From suicide attempts to claiming her mother cursed her, to miscarriages, and losing 10 of her 14 children, Leonarda’s life wasn’t easy. Protecting her four surviving children became something of an obsession for the woman. Perhaps tragedy loosened her grip on reality, or maybe the fear of losing her oldest to war caused a mental break. Whatever the cause, Leonarda’s chilling deeds will raise the hair on the back of your neck and leave you wondering if those around you are capable of the same evil.

Eleven-year-old Cupcake Brown woke up on the bicentennial and found her mother still in bed. She struggled to wake her up, pushing and pulling until she managed to tug her mother's lifeless corpse onto her own small body, crushing her beneath its dead weight. After squeezing out from under her...

In this irresistible memoir, the New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize Anna Quindlen writes about looking back and ahead—and celebrating it all—as she considers marriage, girlfriends, our mothers, faith, loss, all the stuff in our closets, and more. As she did...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The heart-wrenching, uplifting tale about a woman named Cupcake “[Cupcake] Brown’s confessional . . . memoir is one you can’t easily put down. Her life is nothing short of a miracle.”—Chicago Sun-Times There are shelves of memoirs about overcoming the...

No Icing is the podcast where the cake world gets real. No sugar-coating, no fluff, just straight talk about cake trends, industry truths, and the stories you won’t hear on the polished side of social media. Hosted by Cristina Arévalo of The Art Cake Coach, this spinoff podcast takes you behind the buttercream with unfiltered insights, hot takes, and the occasional bit of cake industry gossip. If you love cake but crave honesty, this is your slice.

A memoir is only a slice of a life. This "questory" (quest + history) covers more than the beloved cake-eating hippo. Not Just a Piece of Cake is a candid memoir of the realistic process of the process of creativity, via anecdotes.

This is a story of hope. Of profound, personal change from a life of obesity and depression to a life of love and freedom.

After wandering through the valley of despair...facing trauma. I stumbled upon baking and it saved my life.

We all have habits we know we should change, but what happens when the cost of keeping them becomes too high? For years, Gerardo “Jerry” Gutierrez told himself he had time. Time to eat better. Time to take his health seriously. Time to break the patterns he had inherited. But after a third bout with pancreatitis and a lifetime of unchecked habits catching up with him, time ran out. All My Cake & What It Cost Me is a deeply personal journey of reckoning with the habits we inherit, the choices we avoid, and the slow, intentional process of real change.

She ran enough. And running away could not be the option with so much at stake. Unexpectedly receiving a 194-page email attachment, a Texas school counselor’s hopes of a fair system shattered. In black and white, the pages reflected systemic racism. Immediately, Darline understood why her supervisors’ microaggressions dominated the workplace. How does a Pastor’s wife turn the other cheek while doing the right thing?

Join Addy and Rick as they delve into ancient mysteries (loosely defined) to try and find The Truth (even more loosely defined). A Fictional True Crime Podcast, starring Evan Gwen Davies as the enthusiastic crime podcaster Addy; and Hal Faux as Rick, her long suffering friend who simply doesn't want to be here.Contains profanity and discussion of murder (amongst other crimes).The Theme song is Jazzy Detective by John Bartmann Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Who in their right mind starts a fruitcake business in a world that hates fruitcake? Add kids, a husband, several pets, and a full-time job and you get twelve years of disasters, laughter, and the lingering question: was it brilliance, madness, or both?

"Hast du dich jemals gefragt, was in den letzten Sekunden im Kopf eines Opfers vorgeht? Oder was den Täter antreibt, seine dunkelsten Gedanken in die Tat umzusetzen?" "In Cake and Crime tauchen wir tief in die Psyche von Opfern und Tätern ein. Wir erzählen wahre Verbrechen aus einer neuen, packenden Perspektive – mit fesselnden Details, dramaturgischen Elementen und einer Prise Fiktion, die die Geschichten lebendig macht."

This is a safe space where we're gonna touch on ALL THE THINGS from relationships to friendships to Polyamory to sex to mental health and spirituality.

Ciao! Siamo Barbara Regini e Nicole di Unicorns Eat Cookies. Entrambe lavoriamo nel mondo del cake design da oltre 10 anni e sappiamo quanto, preparare e decorare una torta, possa essere un’attività piuttosto solitaria… perché ci siamo passate anche noi! É per questo che abbiamo pensato di creare un podcast con il quale farti compagnia, proprio in quei momenti! In ogni puntata ripercorreremo le gioie “e i dolori” che hanno caratterizzato il nostro percorso professionale. Per aiutarci a non sforare, la nostra amica Alexa ci darà sempre (e solo!) 50 minuti di tempo.

Twenty-five years ago, Margaret Weiss, RD, CDCES, was happily raising her family in central New Jersey when she was diagnosed with celiac disease. With little support for what was then a relatively unknown condition, she was forced to face her reactions and behaviors as she navigated many, often unpleasant, life changes to accommodate this disease.