It's out of the kitchen and into the Hastings Library, where Kiwi cook Allyson Gofton will be hosting a French-inspired baking presentation next week.
On behalf of the Hawke's Bay French Association, Gofton will be returning to Hawke's Bay on May 5 to share stories from her time in France, along with a baking presentation and demonstration.
It follows the launch of her most recent book, The Baker's Companion, which she said she created as a baking manual for her daughter.
The book was to contain "all the essential knowledge a young woman might need in order to bake successfully, to make substitutions, to be able to convert to gluten-free recipes, to understand the importance of each ingredient and why you do certain steps in a specific way".
For Gofton, this third iteration of her original baking book is essentially a love story.
